The " Instant Relative Series " is a means to connect stories with names, lives and memories of intriguing people from the past. Series has been created because of my interest in history, genealogy research, people and Geo-caching. Instant relatives are not related directly to our family, BUT who knows? The goal is to geo-cache cemeteries in order to share stories which will entertain, educate and on occasion provide a little humor. If one should find inaccuracies within information posted, please email and corrections will be made as necessary. Read on for interesting story line. PLEASE be respectful. No night caching.Headstones are fragile and should not be disturbed. Please replace flags if they have fallen.
The " Instant Relative Series' PRESENTS
William Oscar Barnard ,a Representative from Indiana; born near Liberty, Union County, Ind., October 25, 1852; moved with his parents to Dublin, Wayne County, Ind., in 1854, to Fayette County in 1856, and to Henry County in 1866; attended the common schools, and Spiceland Academy, Spiceland, Ind.; taught school for five years in Henry and Wayne Counties; admitted to the Indiana bar, 1876; prosecuting attorney of the eighteenth and fifty-third judicial circuits, 1887-1893; judge of the fifty-third judicial circuit court of Indiana, 1896-1902; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-second Congress in 1910; resumed the practice of law in New Castle, Ind.; died on April 8, 1939, in New Castle, Indiana; interment in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Ind.
Meet William's son, Barnard, George M. (1881-1949) — of New Castle, Henry County, Ind. Born in New Castle, Henry County, Ind., June 6, 1881. Son of William Oscar Barnard and Mary V. (Ballenger) Barnard. Republican. Lawyer; Henry County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; mayor of New Castle, Ind., 1910-14; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1944-49; died in office 1949. Quaker. Died, from a heart attack, in Washington, D.C., January 2, 1949 (age 67 years, 210 days). Interment at Longwood Cemetery, Longwood, Pa