Cemetery Innacuracies
While looking for my grandmother's birth date, I stumbled on a website listing the alphabetical names on the tombstones in Franktown Cemetery. They had, I believe, an error. They attributed Baby June to Paul and Esther, not Isabel and Thomas Barnes. Right now, here's how the record stands:
BARNES FAMILY
Barnes Esther Matilda Dietrich
b. 11/0?/1895
d. 1964
Notes: Marr.to Paul S. Barnes, 04/18/1918
Barnes Isabel Wertin
b. 1907
d. 1996
Notes:
Barnes June Belle
b. 05/18/1939
d. 05/29/1939
Notes: Aged 6 das. 2 hrs./son of Paul & Esther Barnes
Barnes Paul S.(Stevens)
b. 07/09/1896
d. 03/26/1977
Notes: Wf.of Esther Mitilda Dietrich & mother of Roy A. Barnes
Barnes Roy A.(Arnold)
b. 10/18/1923
d. 10/29/1923
Notes: Son of Esther & Paul S. Barnes
Barnes Thomas W.
b. 1902
d. 1976
Notes: Brother of Paul S. Barnes
Barnes Winifred V.
b. 1925
d. 1925
From what I see here, we have two brothers, Paul and Tom.Paul marries Esther and two of their babies (Roy and Winifred) die in infancy.
Tom marries Isabel, and their last baby (June) dies at nine days old in 1939.
The two brothers, their wives, and their infants are buried together.
Because of the inaccurate note on June's tombstone, I wrote the person keeping the records. She writes back:
"I couldn't get the old timers to help me with the cemetery listings. When Lee Willis and his cousin inherited the cemetery when their uncle and dad died, they couldn't find any records. I decided to help him put the information back together for them. I also figured if I was doing all that work I might as well do the historic land marking work as well. After 4 years of work it was land marked by Douglas Co. last summer. I will transcribe what I had written about the Barnes family and maybe you can fill me in. Sometimes it just takes something like a web site to get out of state families involved.
"The Barnes family was particularly hard to research. There were three families in the 1930 census; Paul S. Barnes and his wife Esther M. with one child living in Case CO. (I believe she was living with the Schreiber family), Ara Asa Barnes and his wife Lillian S. with five children living in the Case area, George D. Barnes and his wife Annie with two children in Franktown. A cording to the Obit. of Paul Steven Barnes, it notes he was born July 9, 1896 in MO, and died Mar. 26, in 1977 in Castle Rock, CO. Paul was preceded in death by his wife (Ester), and one son Roy A. Barnes, and two brothers Thomas and Ray Barnes, and two sisters; Blallnche and Mary. That accounts for four of the Barnes burials; Paul, Esther, Roy A. and Thomas. The records of the other three burials were not found. Burials of infants are difficult to document, since birth are not necessarily announced, or the deaths if they occurred quickly after birth. Isabel Wertil Barnes still has to be researched."
If you have any idea about where anyone is buried could you let me know. I also have the obit of Paul Barnes if you would like me to send it to you via e-mail. Also I took pictures of all the headstones that I could find. Since I did this work it has drawn attention of the neighbors who have done a lot of trimming of the bushes and shrubs, and I believe there are more out there."
So of course now I need to ask the remaining Barnes family if they know the answers to any of these questions. I'd ask dad, but he's already gone...pretty soon the whole family history is going to slide off into obscurity if it doesn't get recorded!
BARNES FAMILY
Barnes Esther Matilda Dietrich
b. 11/0?/1895
d. 1964
Notes: Marr.to Paul S. Barnes, 04/18/1918
Barnes Isabel Wertin
b. 1907
d. 1996
Notes:
Barnes June Belle
b. 05/18/1939
d. 05/29/1939
Notes: Aged 6 das. 2 hrs./son of Paul & Esther Barnes
Barnes Paul S.(Stevens)
b. 07/09/1896
d. 03/26/1977
Notes: Wf.of Esther Mitilda Dietrich & mother of Roy A. Barnes
Barnes Roy A.(Arnold)
b. 10/18/1923
d. 10/29/1923
Notes: Son of Esther & Paul S. Barnes
Barnes Thomas W.
b. 1902
d. 1976
Notes: Brother of Paul S. Barnes
Barnes Winifred V.
b. 1925
d. 1925
From what I see here, we have two brothers, Paul and Tom.Paul marries Esther and two of their babies (Roy and Winifred) die in infancy.
Tom marries Isabel, and their last baby (June) dies at nine days old in 1939.
The two brothers, their wives, and their infants are buried together.
Because of the inaccurate note on June's tombstone, I wrote the person keeping the records. She writes back:
"I couldn't get the old timers to help me with the cemetery listings. When Lee Willis and his cousin inherited the cemetery when their uncle and dad died, they couldn't find any records. I decided to help him put the information back together for them. I also figured if I was doing all that work I might as well do the historic land marking work as well. After 4 years of work it was land marked by Douglas Co. last summer. I will transcribe what I had written about the Barnes family and maybe you can fill me in. Sometimes it just takes something like a web site to get out of state families involved.
"The Barnes family was particularly hard to research. There were three families in the 1930 census; Paul S. Barnes and his wife Esther M. with one child living in Case CO. (I believe she was living with the Schreiber family), Ara Asa Barnes and his wife Lillian S. with five children living in the Case area, George D. Barnes and his wife Annie with two children in Franktown. A cording to the Obit. of Paul Steven Barnes, it notes he was born July 9, 1896 in MO, and died Mar. 26, in 1977 in Castle Rock, CO. Paul was preceded in death by his wife (Ester), and one son Roy A. Barnes, and two brothers Thomas and Ray Barnes, and two sisters; Blallnche and Mary. That accounts for four of the Barnes burials; Paul, Esther, Roy A. and Thomas. The records of the other three burials were not found. Burials of infants are difficult to document, since birth are not necessarily announced, or the deaths if they occurred quickly after birth. Isabel Wertil Barnes still has to be researched."
If you have any idea about where anyone is buried could you let me know. I also have the obit of Paul Barnes if you would like me to send it to you via e-mail. Also I took pictures of all the headstones that I could find. Since I did this work it has drawn attention of the neighbors who have done a lot of trimming of the bushes and shrubs, and I believe there are more out there."
So of course now I need to ask the remaining Barnes family if they know the answers to any of these questions. I'd ask dad, but he's already gone...pretty soon the whole family history is going to slide off into obscurity if it doesn't get recorded!

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