HENRY BARNHART, miller, Sec. 22; P. O. Bloomington; born in 1820 in Butler Co., Penn.; was a son of Philip and Elizabeth Barnhart, where he resided until 1845; he then emigrated to Wayne Co., Ohio; lived there until 1852; then to Medina Co. for one year; thence to Clayton Co., Iowa, where he lived for twenty-three years; then to Allamakee Co. for two years; then to Prairie du Chien, Wis., for two years; thence to Grant Co. in 1879, and built the mill known as the Barnhart Mill, where he now resides; he is a millwright by trade, and has built grist-mills, saw-mills and woolen factories; has 23 acres of land in Iowa, valued at $1,300; has 30 acres of land and the grist-mill where he now lives, valued at $14,000. Was married in 1850, to Eliza H. Creamer, a daughter of Peter Creamer, of Dauphin Co., Penn.; has had eight children, seven living - Emma H., Henry N., Mary J., Edmond R., Susan, Lillie E., Fred W. (deceased), Elizabeth. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. L, 6th Ohio V. C.; served three years; has been Justice of the Peace two terms. Politics, Greenbacker.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.