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Shapleigh Barnes
Shapleigh Barnes, deceased, was born in Fairfield County, Va., April 20, 1800, a son of James and Mary Barnes, and of French descent. He was married in 1828, to Elleanor McConnaha, who was born in Loudoun County, Va., Nov. 8, 1807, a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Bathon) McConnaha. In the fall of 1828 he moved to Wayne County, Ind., and settled near Centreville, where he worked at the carpenter's trade some years, and then turned his attention to farming. In 1850 he moved to a farm four miles southwest of Richmond; afterward he moved to New Garden Township, where his wife died Oct. 13, 1873, and he, Dec. 7, 1877. They had a family of twelve children, nine of whom are living, all but two in Wayne County. Two died in early childhood, and one in infancy. Mrs. Barnes was a member of the Baptist church.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2