A good friend sent this to me. Maybe it will help some of you. http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/meadowbank/4/index.html THE BARNETT'S Joseph L. BARNETT was the patriarch of the family. He was born in South Carolina in 1825, and died after July 27, 1900 in Dougherty, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. We do not at this time know who he married. He had at least one child, Roy John "Pappy" BARNETT. We know that when Joseph L. BARNETT got pneumonia during the Civil War that his son, Roy John BARNETT took his place. Roy John "Pappy" BARNETT was born about 1846 in Alabama. He died about 1900 in Dougherty, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. He first married Lydia or Lidia Lane or Delane Ray about 1867 in either Alabama or Mississippi. She died about 1891. They had the following children: ~~Mary Jane "Molly" BARNETT born May 9, 1869 in Mississippi and died May 13, 1906 in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma. She married William Arthur WATTS and had three children: Charles WATTS, Arthur P. WATTS, and Blanche M. WATTS. ~~William Thomas "Bill" BARNETT born January 11, 1870 in Texas. He died October 13, 1925 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was married twice but I do not know the name of his first wife. He then married Mary Arvelina "Ova" JONES his step-sister. Ova was born in September 1883 in Texas to Richard "Dick" JONES and Nancy Elizabeth McGUFFIN. Ova died on May 16, 1921 in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma. Bill and Ova BARNETT had the following children: Enzil Thomas BARNETT, Vergie Mae BARNETT, James Richard "Jim" BARNETT, and John Conner BARNETT. ~~Martha Ellen "El" BARNETT born in March 1874 in Texas. She died about 1906 in Texas. Martha Ellen "El" BARNETT married Benjamin F. "Ben" JENKINS about 1894 possibly in Texas. They had two children Alice JENKINS, and Benjamin JENKINS.~~Jennie BARNETT born in November 1875 in Texas. She died about 1909 in Collins County, Texas. She married Ernest E. BLAKE about 1894 in Texas? They had 1 daughter and three sons: Gracie BLAKE, Willie BLAKE, John BLAKE, and Carl BLAKE. ~~Robert Lee BARNETT born May 15, 1877 in Montague County, Texas. He died October 14, 1958 in Rush Springs, Grady County, Oklahoma. He married Rosie Ellen HILL before 1911. Their children were: Izora BARNETT, Viola Mae BARNETT, Dessie Jewell BARNETT, Roy Leon BARNETT, and Leona Lavada BARNETT. ~~Adeline Iris "Ad" or "Adney" BARNETT was born February 28, 1882 in Pauls Valley, Indian Territory. She died January 30, 1964 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. She married John Polar HALL November 9, 1896 in Hart, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. Their children were: Viola Edna HALL, Renzo HALL, Dolly Lee HALL, Ephraim HALL, Marie HALL, Hamon HALL, Homer H. HALL, Elizabeth "Sis" HALL, Otis HALL, Alice HALL, Fred HALL, Dorothy HALL, Flossie Bell HALL, and Maudie Rose HALL. ~~Grace Truman BARNETT was born April 27, 1887 in Dougherty, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. She died July 20, 1978 in Dinuba, Tulare County, California. She married William Fred WELLS on December 17, 1904 in Grady County, Indian Territory. Their children were: Pearl WELLS, William Henry WELLS, Chifford Perry WELLS, Clara May WELLS, Chester Charles WELLS, Harvey Lee WELLS, Melvin Edward WELLS, and Helen Lorine WELLS. ~~Gerusha E. "Geed" BARNETT was born May 14, 1889 in Dougherty, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. She died February 28, 1931 in Dinuba, Tulare County, California. She married Samuel Green "Sam" FALLS the son of Noah Wright FALLS. Their children were: John "Johnny" FALLS, Cordia FALLS, Gladys FALLS, Hubert Franklin FALLS, Juanita FALLS, Ruth Alene FALLS, and a set of twins. ~~Alice BARNETT born in 1891. After the death of his first wife Lidia or Lydia BARNETT, Roy John "Pappy" BARNETT married Nancy Elizabeth McGUFFIN JONES in Dougherty, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. They had three children: ``John Bluford BARNETT born June 20, 1893. He died December 28, 1955. He married Lou Ella ?? They had one child: Patricia L. BARNETT. ``Joe BARNETT born 1896. He married Viola Mae DEAL. ``Frank BARNETT born May 20, 1898. He married Orie ?? Roy John "Pappy" BARNETT was located in the 1880 Census in Cooke County, Texas. In 1900 he was living in the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory with his family. He died between the last of January and July 27, 1900. Exactly where he is buried if unknown at this