Charles Rufus Barnes1

b. 18 September 1881, d. 23 December 1918
FatherJohn Thomas Barnes2 b. 24 Mar 1838, d. 1 Nov 1905
MotherMary Susan Zimmerman2 b. Jan 1841, d. aft 1910
Birth18 Sep 1881 Charles Rufus Barnes was born on 18 Sep 1881 in Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee.1 
Marriage7 Oct 1903 He married Margaret Elizabeth Dungan, daughter of John Wilson Dungan and Nancy Susanna Maiden, on 7 Oct 1903.3 
Death23 Dec 1918 Charles died of the flu on 23 Dec 1918 in Bristol, Virginia, at age 37.4,1 [The Spanish Flu pandemic was in 1918] 
Burial He was buried at East Hill Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.5 

Family

Margaret Elizabeth Dungan b. 29 Nov 1886, d. 19 Dec 1979
Children
  • James Garland Barnes6
  • Mary Sue Barnes6
  • Charles Rufus Barnes Jr.6
  • Paul Dungan Barnes6 (8 Jan 1913 - 1 May 2000)
Last Edited28 May 2011

Citations

  1. [S1781] Margaret (Barnes) and Brett Breen, "Barnes Family Talk," e-mail to D. Powell, Jul 2007. Margaret is a descendant of Charles R. Barnes.
  2. [S90] Betty Mealy, "RamblingRoots Updated," e-mail to Diana Powell, 3 May 2005. Betty 's source for information on the family of Thomas Barnes was the probate record of his daughter, Bonnie (Barnes) Wood, which listed all the heirs on Bonnie's paternal side. The record was obtained from the lawyers handling the probate in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1993.
  3. [S1781] Margaret (Barnes) and Brett Breen, "Barnes Family Talk," e-mail to D. Powell, Jul 2007. Margaret is a descendant of Charles R. Barnes and Margaret Elizabeth (Dungan) Barnes.
  4. [S2273] Research of Jack Hockett, Montreal, Canada; Mr. Hockett cites the Washington Co. Virginia death record entry for C.K. Barnes (Library of Virginia, reel 75) which he abstracted as: WCV, Bristol: C. K. Barnes, w, male, mar, b Bristol, VA, Do Birth NG, 37y; d of influenza, 23 Dec 1918, 9:00AM, s/o J. H. Barneas (Barnes), VA & Marie Josie Zimmerman (Zimmerman), VA; Mrs. Chas. Barnes, Bristol, VA, inf; bur Bristol, E. Hill.
  5. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 356. Stone reported to read: Charles R. Barnes, 18 Sept. 1881-23 Dec. 1918.
  6. [S1834] Betty Mealy, "Descendants of John Maiden", report dated 14 Sept. 2007. Betty credits Bart Breen, husband of Charles Barne's granddaughter, Margaret Kay Breen, for her information on Charles and Margaret and their children.