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Families and Connections

Family histories, household dossiers, and records of marriages and descent in Barney and the surrounding area.

Published family research

These pages bring together the documented branches of each family, with uncertain relationships identified where they arise.

Early Settlers and Descendants follows the evidence connecting the pre-Barney families to later households.

Connections in personal dossiers

  • William Ellis Hiers: the Hiers and Hires branches, including the proposed relationships to Sim Hires and Nancy Jane Hires Rogers.
  • W. E. Westbury / Westberry: the Emerson household, Mary Alderman marriage, and probable connection to Malpha Westberry Hall.
  • Charles Dorothus Paxson: the Paxson household, Lena Hale, and the family’s later residences.

Census households

The 1900 census and 1910 census pages contain the current transcriptions and household indexes. Individual household pages add later records, name corrections, and family connections. Surname spellings follow the records; people with the same surname are not necessarily related.