Hello Billie, Here is some info which may be helpful with your Barnes family but not for Benjamin, brother to Eric. Info from ancestry.com and familysearch.com 1930 TN Jones Co Prect 1 census Barnes Eric V. head m w 41 m 33 TX MO VA Barnes Myrtle G. wife f w 29 m 21 TX TX AL Barnes Curtis V. son m w 7 s TX TX TX Barnes Aurora? M. dau f w 7/12 TX TX TX 1880 MO Polk Co Marion tsp census Asbell William H. w m 24 farmer MO KY KY Asbell Mary J. w f 21 wife keeping house MO TN ? Asbell David T w m 5 son MO MO MO Asbell Julia E. w f 2 dau MO MO MO Barnes Ross w m 27 cousin blacksmith MO KY ? Barnes Benjamin E. 47 m w farmer PA Barnes Mahala J. 37 f w keeping house KY Barnes Ross E. 16 m w at home MO Barnes Benjamin F. 14 m w at home Barnes Mary E. 12 f w at home MO Barnes William A. 5 m w at home MO Barnes Callestia O 3 f w at home MO Barnes Charles D. 1 m w at home MO Benjamin Barnes m. Mahala Asbell(Ashbell) Nov 4 1852 in Putnam MO Ross E. Barnes birth Sep 1853 Putnam MO m. Annie Cordelia Redner 1888 TX Benjamin E(for Ezekial or Edward) Barnes b. PA may be the son of Ezekial Barnes Benjamin(listed as Benjamine) Barnes and Mahala family was in Comanche Co TX in the 1880 census but the page would not come up on ancestry.com . For this reason I believe Ross came to TX after his parents and when he needed help with his children he probably had siblings he could leave them with. DeLeon and Comyn are in Comanche Co TX. Ross E. Barnes d. 18 Feb 1930 Annie Cordelia Redner d. 16 Aug 1907 her father Wm Francis Redner Eric V. Barnes b. 3 Jan 1889 TX d. 31 Jul 1977 Good luck. Mary in CA ************ ----- Original Message ----- From: Corky1852@aol.com To: mebateman@cox.net Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [BARNES] (no subject) All I know is my granpa Eric had a little brother name Ben. when his mom was pregnant she was accidently shot in the stomach. she ended up in a institution. grandpa was raised by a uncle in Comyn Texas,and his two sister was raised by another uncle in Deleon Tx. I don't know who took Ben. their father Ross Barnes was a blacksmith. and he died in 1936 and is buried in Hamlin Texas.their mom is buried in Ben may of been born in 1905-1906... we can't find anything on him. Mama remembers he died around 1958..... wish I knew more. Billie Joyce Roys