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Counties of PORTER and Lake Indiana.
Historical and Biographical
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor
Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor
F. A. Battey & Co., Pub., Chicago - 1882

   355-356

        N. Barnard was born in Wayne County, Ind., October 6, 1829, and is
     a son of WILLIAM and SALLIE (WILLIAMS) BARNARD; his father was born in
     1803, in Surry County, N.C., whence in 1811, he removed with his par-
     ents to Wayne County, Ind., in 1817, where he married; he came to
     Porter County in 1835, and bought a claim of 100 acres for $50, on
     which a cabin was built and some clearing made.  In 1836, he moved to
     Cass County, Mich., returning hither in 1838, and did a great deal
     toward improving Jackson Township.  N. BARNARD lived with his parents
     until manhood.  At the age of seventeen, he began to learn carpenter-
     ing, at which he labored intermittently for twenty years.  On February
     2, 1851, he was married to MARY J. LUMPKIN, of Wayne County, born May
     29, 1831; she is a daughter of JAMES and SARAH (THORNBURGH) LUMPKIN;
     her parents removed from Tennessee to Wayne County in 1819.  Mr. and
     Mrs. BARNARD have had born to them the following named children:
     ORLANDO and MARY B., living, and SARAH L., JOHN R., ORDELLE and
     WILLIAM E., deceased.  Mr. BARNARD is one of the pioneers of Jackson
     Township, coming hither in 1835; he has been engaged in farming
     twenty-seven years, and has now 467 1/2 acres of good land, 350 of
     which are improved.  Mr. BARNARD has been and still is passionately
     fond of hunting.  He is an unwavering Republican.

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