I am still trying to put more BARNES family members in the right spots.
Guardianship probate for Isaac BARNES to be the guardian of William, Francis
and Charles Barnes. Esther Barnes, their mother had died. I think that
this Isaac Barnes was the widower of Esther, and the father of these
children. If that is the case, then Esther was likely Esther KNAPP, who
married Isaac BARNES1864, Jay Co. IN and on the 1870 census they had
children William and Francis.
I know is was (and still is) not uncommon for a widowed parent to be
appointed the legal guardian of minor children.
My question is how can I prove that this Isaac Barnes was a son of David
Barnes, Sr. who died in Jay Co. IN in 1854. I know there was at least one
more Isaac Barnes in Jay Co. at that time.
James Knapp married Hannah Barnes. David Barnes, Sr. had a son Isaac and
daughter Hannah. I suspect a Barnes brother and sister married a Knapp
brother and sister.
Anyone working on either of these families??
Thanks,
Dot