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Robert Speer Barnhill

Birth	:	17 Oct 1831 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	30 May 1906 Marion County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Lakewood Cemetery, Crosby, Crow Wing County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.4625015, -93.9456024
Plot	:	Lot 183, Blk old
Description	:	Civil war veteran. Company K, 24th regiment, Iowa infantry. ROBERT S. BARNHILL. After many years devoted to the tilling of the soil, in which occupation he was more than ordinarily successful, Mr. Barnhill retired from active agricultural work, and removing with his family to Wyoming, Jones County, has since given his attention to a general oversight of his landed interests and to the enjoyment of the comforts secured through former years of industry and toil. He is a man of ability and keen discrimination, careful in his decisions and reliable in his business transactions, and merits the large degree of... Read More	Civil war veteran. Company K, 24th regiment, Iowa infantry. ROBERT S. BARNHILL. After many years devoted to the tilling of the soil, in which occupation he was more than ordinarily successful, Mr. Barnhill retired from active agricultural work, and removing with his family to Wyoming, Jones County, has since given his attention to a general oversight of his landed interests and to the enjoyment of the comforts secured through former years of industry and toil. He is a man of ability and keen discrimination, careful in his decisions and reliable in his business transactions, and merits the large degree of success which has rewarded his efforts. On the 17th of October, 1831, the subject of this sketch was born in Marion County, Ind. His father, Daniel, was a son of William Barnhill, and was born in Kentucky, from which state he removed to Ohio, and later went to Indiana. Finally he made permanent settlement in Jones County, Iowa, with the growth and progress of which he was identified until his death, at the age of seventy-two years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Speer, was born in Ohio and died in Jones County, Iowa. The first twenty years of the life of R. S. Barnhill were spent in the Hoosier State. There he was a student in the district schools and acquired the rudiments of his education, to which he afterward added by practical contact with the world. There also he was trained in a thorough knowledge of agriculture in its varied departments, and arriving at man's estate he selected as his vocation that to which he had been reared. Believing that in the rapidly growing west he would find opportunities which in Indiana were denied the agriculturist, he came to Iowa in 1851, and settled in Clay Township, Jones County. Here he settled upon a tract of land, which he cleared, placed under a good state of cultivation and improved with substantial buildings. In 1887 he retired from active farming work and removed to Wyoming, where he has since resided. He still owns one hundred and twenty acres of good land, all under cultivation and well improved. The political opinions of Mr. Barnhill bring him into active sympathy and co-operation with the Republican party, and while he has never sought office, he nevertheless takes an active interest in everything pertaining to the public welfare, and is one of the public-spirited citizens of the county. On the 3d of January, 1856, be was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Nichols, a native of Ohio and daughter of William Nichols. Their union resulted in the birth of nine children, of whom seven are now living. The eldest, Curtis, is an agriculturist residing in Grundy County, Mo. Edna is the wife of J. W. Strayer, and lives in Castle Grove Township, Jones County. Robert L., Samuel H. and Leota are with their father in the Wyoming home. Sadie is the wife of Thomas Beard, of Wyoming. John A. is engaged as clerk in a drug store in this place. The family was deeply bereaved, when, on the 25th of July, 189l, the wife and mother was taken from their midst. She had ever been devoted the welfare of her husband and children, and by her loving and careful ministrations and training, her sons and daughters were fitted for honorable positions in the business and social world. Mr. Barnhill is a member of the Christian Church, and is highly regarded by his fellow-citizens. He served as a private in the late war, enlisting in 1864 in Company K, Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry, and served until the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge May 19, 1865. Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co., 1894

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Robert Speer Barnhill's memorial is located at: Lakewood Cemetery, Crosby, Crow Wing County, USA.
When did Robert Speer Barnhill death?
Robert Speer Barnhill death on 30 May 1906 in Marion County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 46.4625015
Longitude: -93.9456024

Family Members:

Parent

Elizabeth Spear Barnhill

(1800 - 1857)

Spouse

Elizabeth Nichols Barnhill

(1833 - 1891)

Children

Samuel Hubbard Barnhill

(1862 - 1958)

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Coordinate: 46.4625015, -93.9456024

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Coordinate: 46.5588989, -94.0511017

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Coordinate: 46.4025002, -93.7703018

15. Maple Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.3297005, -93.9993973

16. Carroll Cemetery
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17. Lakeview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.5228004, -93.7358017

18. Vaale Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.3224800, -94.0493950

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Coordinate: 46.5233002, -93.7322006

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23. Garrison Cemetery
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Coordinate: 46.3078000, -93.8264000

24. Bethel Lutheran Cemetery
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