Barnes Cemetery
Barry County, MO

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Directions: Northwest of Seligman - From Highway 37, turn onto FR 1062. The first house on the left is that of Gary and Rhonda Brown.

After obtaining permission to drive across their property, go down the lane by the side of their house. You will come to a field and the cemetery is behind that field. It is fenced and partially mowed.

The cemetery is located on what was the land of Thomas Jubilee Barnes and his wife Ziporah Barnes.

T. J. and Zippa (as they were known) had the following children: W. H. Barnes, Ruby M. Barnes, Julia Harriett (Barnes) Roller, Jesse A. J. Barnes, Thomas Henry Barnes, Pinkney Levi Barnes, Eliza Jerusha (Barnes) Miller, Mary Ardella Caroline (Barnes) Herd, Francis M. (Barnes) Ferguson, Lewis N. Barnes, and Jewell V. (Barnes) Webb.

Located and existing headstones transcribed June 2004 by: Brandon Burns - Photographed in the fall of 2010 by Rhonda Brown.

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SSW = Shares Stone With

Name	Born	Died	Research Notes & Inscriptions	Researcher or Resource
BARNES, Chester Ray	June 25, 1902	May 4, 1903	Inscription: "Darling, we miss thee" - Research Note: Also has a footstone : C. R. B. Son of Jesse Jefferson "Jeff" Barnes and Effie Jane Call.	Note Phyllis Long Transcription Brandon Burns Photo Rhonda Brown
BARNES, Lemma "Lemmie"	Jan. 3, 1900	July 16, 1916 Lamar, CO	Inscription: "At Rest - A precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is still, A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled" - Research Note: Son of Jesse Jefferson "Jeff" Barnes and Effie Jane Call. - July 27, 1916, Cassville Republican - Rock Spring News: Lemma Barnes of Lamar, Colo., 16 year old son of Jeff Barnes, was drowned on the 16th and was buried here on the 18th at the family cemetery on the farm of T. J. Barnes. He went into water ten feet deep and twenty feet wide. The bereaved have the sympathy of the entire community.	Online Newspapers Donna Cooper Census Phyllis Long Transcription Brandon Burns Photo Rhonda Brown
BARNES, May	Mar. 26, 1895	May 11, 1901	Inscription: "Dau. of J. J. and E. J. Barnes - A little time on earth she spent, Till God for her his angel sent." - Research Note: Daughter of Jesse Jefferson "Jeff" Barnes and Effie Jane Call.	Census Phyllis Long Transcription Brandon Burns Photo Rhonda Brown
BARNES, Thomas Jubilee	May 5, 1846 OK	Nov. 11, 1925 MO	Inscription: "Peace Perfect Peace - Weep not children, God called us home. We are in Heaven, and welcome you come." - Research Note: Son of Thomas Henry Barnes and Malinda Ann DeWeese. His wife was Zippa Baker. Large cement vault box over graves with partial glass covering in front and back. - January 8, 1914, Cassville Republican - Seligman News: It is reported that T. J. Barnes lost three mules to his son, Jeff, last week. (Must be more to this story.) The mules died and Jeff went to Colorado.	Online Newspapers Census Phyllis Long Transcription Brandon Burns Photo Rhonda Brown
BARNES, Mary Rosilea	Feb. 9, 1916 Sugar Creek Twp., Barry Co., MO	May 19, 1916 Sugar Creek Twp., Barry Co., MO	Research Note: The cause of death was the measles. Her father was listed as unknown. Minnie Barnes of Barry Co., MO was given as the mother.	Death Certificate Jay Trace
BARNES, Zippa Caroline (BAKER)	Feb. 6, 1850	Nov. 19, 1917	SSW: Thomas J. - Inscription: "Peace Perfect Peace - Weep not children, God called us home. We are in Heaven, and welcome you come." - Research Note: Large cement vault box over graves with partial glass covering in front and back. - Obit: Mrs. Z. C. Barnes, wife of T. J. Barnes passed away Nov. 19, 1917, at 12:05 am, at her home near Seligman, Mo., age 67 years, 9 months and 12 days. She was surrounded by her husband, sons, daughters and friends. She was born in Jasper County, Mo., February 6, 1850; moving with the family to Greenwood county, Kansas, where she and T. J. Barnes were married March 28, 1867; residing there a short time, they then moved to Barry county, Missouri where they have since made their home. Of this marriage eleven children were born, of whom ten are living. They are: Mrs. W. A. Fairchild, Mrs. Jacob Roller, Mrs. Oscar Webb of near Washburn Mo.; Mrs. P. D. Miller of Cassville; Mrs. Della Hurd of Los Angeles Ca.; Mrs. Frankie Ferguson of Eureka, Kan.; Henry and Pinkney L. Barnes of near Seligman; Jeff Barnes of Lamar, Col., and Lewis Barnes of Chicago, Ill., All were present excepting Mrs. Della Hurd and Jeff Barnes. She had twenty-nine grand-children and four great grand-children, one brother John Baker and one sister Mrs. J. W. Deweese, both of Seneca Mo. She had been a member of the Baptist Church since 1869 and lived a consistent Christian life. Funeral services conducted at the Barnes home, Tuesday Nov. 20th, by Rev. Crouch of Pleasant Ridge township, pastor of the Baptist church. The remains were laid to rest in the family cemetery on the Barnes farm to await a sweet resurrection. A happy home is darkened; a loving and affectionate wife and mother called from a devoted husband and children, whose heart strings are bleeding from grief and sorrow. None ever entered her home without a warm and sincere welcome; nor left without feeling the warmth of a genuine hospitality, so characteristic of the people of her ancestry. Disease did not destroy the charm of a kind indulgent disposition or diminish her unselfish solicitude for her loved ones as well as neighbors and friends. While she has continued to enjoy the society of her family and friends, she has for several years, realized that her active life was over and with resignation, awaited the divine call from death unto life. She has attended the last roll call on earth, but will answer in Heaven, when the roll is called over there. - August 15, 1912, Cassvilleub Replican - Washburn Prairie News: T. J. Barnes and wife of Rock Springs spent Sunday at their daughters, Mrs. P. D. Miller.	Online Obit Online Newspapers Phyllis Long Transcription Brandon Burns Photo Rhonda Brown
FENIX, Harriett Odean (ROLLER)	June 18, 1901 Barry Co., MO	Dec. 1, 1939 Cassville, Barry Co., MO	Research Note: Daughter of Jacob Wesley Roller, Jr. and Julia Harriet Barnes; married Oliver Fenix in Barry County, Missouri. - Photo Harriet Odean Roller and her sister Delilah May Roller	Death Certificate Phyllis Long Transcription Brandon Burns Photo Rhonda Brown
ROLLER, Jacob Wesley	Dec. 26, 1869 McDonald Co., MO	Mar. 26, 1952 Barry Co., MO	SSW: Julia - Inscription: "His Wife - They came to raise our hearts to Heaven, they go to call us there." - Research Note: His stone has 1869 on it but Jacob Wesley Roller was born Dec. 26, 1870. - in McDonald Co., MO and died Mar. 26, 1952 in Barry Co., MO. He married Julia Harriett Barnes. He was a son of Jacob W. Roller, Jr. and his wife Catherine Arnhart. - Cause of death was a heart attack, over exerted fighting a grass fire. - Photo of Jacob and Julia Barnes	Note Donna Cooper Death Certificate Phyllis Long Transcription Brandon Burns Photo Rhonda Brown
ROLLER, Julia Harriett (BARNES)	Oct. 5, 1872 Fall River, KS	Aug. 22, 1919 Barry Co., MO	SSW: Jacob - Inscription: "His Wife" - Research Note: She was a daughter Thomas J. Barnes and his wife Zippa C. Baker. She and Jacob Roller had at least 11 children. - Cassville Republican, Aug. 28, 1919 - Mrs. Harriett Roller Dead - Mrs. Harriett Roller, wife of Jacob Roller, died of apoplexy August 21 at their home three miles northwest of Seligman. She lived about two days after she was stricken. Mrs. Roller was a daughter of T. J. Barnes. She was 46 years old and had for many hears been a member and earnest worker in the Rock Springs Baptist Church. The large crowd at her funeral Sunday was evidence of the high esteem in which she was held by the entire community. The Funeral was conducted by Rev. A. C. Crouch of Verona and her body laid to rest in the T. J. Barnes private cemetery near Seligman. Deceased leaves husband and the following children: Thomas Roller of Washburn, Levi Roller of Pippin, Ark., Mrs. Coleman Pippin of near this place and Odean and May at home. To the bereaved the entire community extends sympathy. - Photo of Jacob and Julia Barnes	Note Donna Cooper Online Newspapers Phyllis Long Transcription Brandon Burns Photo Rhonda Brown