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SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich.
        A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883

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           HIRAM BARNETT, foundry and machine shop; is a native of Man-
        chester, England, and was born February 15, 1815.  He emigrated
        to America in 1843, and came to Detroit the same year, and from
        there went to Allegan, where he lived until 1848; when he re-
        moved to Marshall.  He came to Port Huron and engaged in his
        present business, January 8, 1853, and has carried on the busi-
        ness in his present location for the past thirty years, and is
        the pioneer in the business here.  He married Miss ANN SHARP, a
        native of England, October 18, 1840.  She died June 22, 1850.
        He married Mrs. ChRISTIANA J. PALMER, of Auburn, N.Y., June 15,
        1852.  They had one daughter, who died November 26, 1864.


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