Jacob BarnesAge: 88 years1819–1907
- Name
- Jacob Barnes
- Given names
- Jacob
- Surname
- Barnes
 Birth | February 20, 1819 |
 Marriage | Lydia A. (Liddey) Gann — View this family October 18, 1874 (Age 55 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Sarah Jane Barnes about 1878 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Kate A. Barnes August 7, 1879 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Nancy Ann Barnes February 1882 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Margaret Aldine Barnes November 12, 1886 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Margaret Aldine Barnes May 23, 1906 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | June 15, 1907 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial |
| Family with Lydia A. (Liddey) Gann |
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Jacob Barnes Birth: February 20, 1819 — Rhea Co, TN Death: June 15, 1907 — Soddy, Hamilton Co, TN |
| wife |
Lydia A. (Liddey) Gann Birth: January 1843 47 30 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: June 11, 1911 — Soddy, Hamilton Co, TN |
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Marriage: October 18, 1874 — Hamilton Co, TN |
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4 years daughter |
Sarah Jane Barnes Birth: about 1878 58 35 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: |
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19 months daughter |
Kate A. Barnes Birth: August 7, 1879 60 36 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: May 6, 1954 — Soddy, Hamilton Co, TN |
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3 years daughter |
Nancy Ann Barnes Birth: February 1882 62 39 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: |
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5 years daughter |
Margaret Aldine Barnes Birth: November 12, 1886 67 43 Death: May 23, 1906 |
| Steven H. Jones + Lydia A. (Liddey) Gann |
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Lydia A. (Liddey) Gann Birth: January 1843 47 30 — Hamilton Co, TN Death: June 11, 1911 — Soddy, Hamilton Co, TN |
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Marriage: June 21, 1866 — Hamilton Co, TN |
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Divorce: — |
| Note | From Phyllis Horsman, 1032 River Hills Circle, Chattanooga, TN 37415 9/5/96. Jacob's parents were killed by Indians in Rhea Co, TN. Jacob's brother William was taken and raised by a family in MO (returning to Hamilton Co, TN to live), and Jacob was mentored by Major Robert Clark McRee, Sr., a farmer, miller and pioneer settler in north Hamilton Co. They sent him to school, and after he reached manhood, gave him $300, a horse and new saddle and told him he could go anywhere he wanted to. He replied that he was at home there and was going to stay. He lived next door to Maj. Mcree and Col. William Clift throughout the 1800's. Col. Clift was Hamilton Co.'s first millionaire, making his fortune in steamboat trade. William Clift married Jacob and Lydia. At his 87th birthday, noted in a Soddy Banner newspaper, Jacob Barnes "tipped the beam at 105 pounds," was not very tall and had white chin whiskers down to his waist. He had raised 15 children. He could "lift a bushel of grain with ease" and had been a miller for over 60 years, half of that time at Clift Mill situated on Soddy Creek. He was an ardent Republican and "still exercised the elective franchise." The earliest settlers of the area, including the short-lived James County, crossed the Tennessee River on the Igou Ferry at Blue Springs (near where Dividing ridge is today, south of the Salem community and bordered by the Tennessee River on the west) to get their grain ground at the older established mills, such as the Clift Mill run by Jake and Lydia. The farmers in the area were known for raising corn, wheat, and hay from oats, millet and soybeans. There was usually no monetary exchange; the custom was for the miller to take a measure of grain call the "toll," usually an eighth of the total amount. Blue Springs was one of five steamboat landings in the Soddy to James County area. Blue Springs became an early trading center due to its location near the landing for the Igou Ferry from the west side of the Tennessee River and its proximity to the Harrison-Birchwood Road. The Igou Ferry (former Teenor Ferry) provided transportation across the Tennessee River to Dallas, the earliest county seat of Hamilton County. |