Mahaley Lawson
m.

John Moses Barnes

               John Moses Barnes( James B1 was born April  1848 or 1849  in Tennnessee, and died 1922 in Izard County Arkansas,  buried Violet Hill Cemetery.  He married Mahaley Lawson circa 1872, daughter of Richard Sargent Lawson and Martha Jane Damron, daughter of George Damron and Mary Ann Low.  Mahaley was born October 1857 in Arkansas, died 1935 in Izard County Arkansas, buried Violet Hill Cemetery.

Children of John Barnes and Mahaley Lawson are:

                i.            Martha E Barnes, born November 15, 1872 in Violet Hill, Arkansas,
                              Izard County; died March 02, 1954 in Oklahoma City.  She married
                              Wiley I Yancy February 26, 1891 in Oxford, Akransas.

               ii.           Tinne Barnes, born December 30, 1874.

              iii.           James Sargent Barnes, born May 17, 1876 in Violet Hill, Arkansas,
                              Izard County; died October 1952 in Craighead County Arkansas.    He
                              married Maud Floyd October 11, 1896 in Fulton County Arkansas.

               iv.          George William Barnes, born February 02, 1879 in Violet Hill,
                              Arkansas, Izard County; died November 20, 1958 in Izard County
                              Arkansas, buried Violet Hill Cemetery.  He married Oma Dollie Mathis
                              1899 in Izard County.

                  v.        Sarah Jane Barnes, born February 09, 1881 in Violet Hill,
  My Line             Akransas, Izard County; died July 28, 1959 in Izard County Arkansas,
                             buried  Spring Hill Cemetery.  She married  Clarence Floyd July 03,
                            1901 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas.

                vi.          Mary Evelyn "Nine" Barnes, born March 27, 1883 in Violet Hill,
                              Arkansas,  Izard County; died December 19, 1935.  She married Gordon
                              Dillard.

               vii.          Infant Barnes, born January 1885 in Izard County Arkansas, died in
                              Izard County Arkansas, buried Violet Hill Cemetery.

              viii.         Albert Barnes, born July 25, 1886 in Violet Hill, Akransas, Izard
                             County; died July 30, 1902 in Izard County Arkansas, buried Violet Hill
                             Cemetery.

                ix.         Tom Barnes, born August 25, 1888 in Violet Hill, Arkansas, Izard
                             County;  died September 1949 in Oklahoma.  He married (1) Ida
                             Williams.  He married (2) Ada Martin.

                 x.         Alfred Barnes, born August 25, 1890; died September 1891 in Izard
                             County Arkansas, buried Violet Hill Cemetery.

                xi.        Robert Barnes, born March 25, 1892 in Izard County Arkansas; died
                             March 06, 1921 in Izard County Arkansas, buried Violet Hill Cemetery.
                             He married Minnie Sellers.

               xii.         Maybelle (Mollie) Barnes, born May 1894 in Violet Hill, Akransas,
                             Izard County; died circa 1970 in Amarilla, Texas.  She married
                             Lawrence Ballard.

              xiii.       Jesse C Barnes, born February 1896; died March 1896 in Izard
                             County Arkansas, buried Violet Hill Cemetery.

               xiv.       Theadore Barnes, born July 31, 1898 in Violet Hill, Akransas, Izard
                            County, died December 24, 1962 in Izard County Arkansas, buried Violet
                            Hill Cemetery.  He married (1) Nellie M Strokes.  He married (2) Lottie
                            Simmons.

                xv.       Jeff Barnes, born 1903 in Violet Hill, Akransas, Izard County; died
                            1969 in Izard County  Arkansas, buried Violet Hill Cemetery.  He
                            married  Stella McCuistion 1923.
 

Notes for John Moses Barnes:

Most of the above information was sent to me by researcher Mike Walker .
Info from Carroll E. Hayden's Izard County Cemeteries Book notes that John M. Barnes is an American Indian, Cherokee.
Info posted by Lavonda Brandt on the LDS Family Search Website shows birthdate of John Moses Barnes as April 9, 1849 and date of death as July 19, 1922.

Research notes:
Listed in the 1880 Izard County Arkansas Census,  NewHope Township:

BARNES                        John                       M               31            ****               Farmer                  TN   TN   TN
264/264                         Mahaley                 F                22           wife                  Keeping House    AR   TN   TN
                                        Martha                    F                 7             daughter                                        AR   TN   AR
                                        James                     M                  4             son                                                  AR   TN   AR
                                       George                    M                  1             son                                                  AR   TN   AR

                                                               ***********************************

Listed in the 1900 Izard County Arkansas Census, Violet Hill Township:

BARNES                 John                head        W         M       Apr 1848     52    M 28                          TN   TN   TN
 84/86                      Haily               wife          W          F      Oct 1857      42    M 28      14  10          AR  UN  MS
                                  Sarah              dau          W           F      Feb 1881     19                                         AR  TN  AR
                                  Albert              son          W          M      Jul 1886       13                                         AR  TN  AR
                                 Tommy             son          W          M      Aug 1888     11                                         AR  TN  AR
                                 Robert              son          W          M      Mar 1892       8                                         AR  TN  AR
                                 May                  dau          W           F      May 1894      6                                         AR  TN  AR
                                 Teodore           son           W         M       Jul 1898         1                                         AR  TN  AR
                                 George             son           W         M       Feb 1879     21     M1                             AR  TN  AR
                                 Dollie          dau-in-law  W           F      Mar 1881     19     M1        0     0           AR  TN  AR
 
 



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