P. P. Barnes    

P. P. BARNES, farmer, post-office Sandy Lake, was born October 3, 1845, in Sandy Lake Township, to James and Elizabeth (Patterson) Barnes, natives, the father of Mercer, and the mother of Venango County. The parents settled in Sandy Lake Township at their marriage, where the father died in 1853, and his widow in 1887. They were blessed with the following children: Elizabeth, married Albert Beagle; John, lives in Illinois; P. P., W. J., T. H., of Franklin, and Samuel. The mother was a member of the Covenanter Church, and the father was a Democrat. Our subject was educated in the common schools and has always been a farmer. He was married March 30, 1865, to Eliza M. Beagle, and has been blessed with four children: James, Samuel, Sadie and John B. Mr. Barnes is the owner of 108 acres of land, known as the Hunter Farm, which is one of the best in the township. He and wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics he is an earnest Democrat. He is one of the public spirited citizens who always lends a helping hand to all enterprises that go to advance the interest and retain the good name of Mercer County.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1044.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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