Thomas Barnhart died at his home in Lincoln, Kansas, June 18, 1888, of chronic diarrhea. Mr. Barnhart was born near Columbus, Ohio, in 1809 and moved to Indiana when quite young, where he lived until the fall of 1872, when he removed to Lincoln, Kansas, where he resided until his death. Mr. Barnhart had been married three times and leaves quite a large family, the members being much scattered. His second wife came to Kansas with him and died in this place in the fall of 1877. Mr. Barnhart was a lifelong Democrat, but was elected register of deeds in this county in 1875 and re-elected in 1877, serving two full terms. The funeral was from the M.E. church, upon Tuesday the 19th, the funeral discourse was preached by Rev. C.W. Caseley, and the interment made in the Lincoln cemetery.
Thomas Barnhart died at his home in Lincoln, Kansas, June 18, 1888, of chronic diarrhea. Mr. Barnhart was born near Columbus, Ohio, in 1809 and moved to Indiana when quite young, where he lived until the fall of 1872, when he removed to Lincoln, Kansas, where he resided until his death. Mr. Barnhart had been married three times and leaves quite a large family, the members being much scattered. His second wife came to Kansas with him and died in this place in the fall of 1877. Mr. Barnhart was a lifelong Democrat, but was elected register of deeds in this county in 1875 and re-elected in 1877, serving two full terms. The funeral was from the M.E. church, upon Tuesday the 19th, the funeral discourse was preached by Rev. C.W. Caseley, and the interment made in the Lincoln cemetery.
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After Mary died in 1877, he met Mary M. Trost, a milliner. They married June 19, 1879. He was 70 and she was 45.
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