Mary, Here is what is in the 1880 Chas. C. Chapman History book - not pretty. Bartholomew Barnes was the only person ever executed in Pike County on December 29, 1871 in the Pittsfield jail yard for the murder of John Gresham in Calhoun County. Bartholomew had a cousin John who was indicted Nov. 29, 1871 for the murder of McLaughlin, in Detroit, on the sixteenth of that month. The name of the murdered man was ascertained only by its being marked on his arm with India ink. Both the men had been in a saloon drinking and had had a quarret about a red ball. McLaughlin shook his fist in Barnes' face and told him not to open his face again about it. He turned abourn, and when his eyes were averted Barnes jumped to his feet having a knife in his hand which he swung with great force, the blade striking McLaughlin's face and neck, severing the jugular vein and windpipe and completely cutting his throat. Barnes then made a back stroke which missed McLaughlin, who then staggered into a back room and fell dead. Barnes was immediately arrested and committed to the Pittsfield, jail where sometime after his indictment he gradually wasted away with pulmonary consumption and died. There is a very gruesome story about the killing of Gresham, if you want it I will send it. Dorothy Mommy2kota@aol.com wrote: > Hi all, > > Just a quick request!! Please! Looking for any info on Griff Barnes who was > in Pleasant Hill, Pike Co., IL area around 1858 when son John was born. I > have this name from John's Death certificate. John married Eliza Sapp 26 Aug > 1892. > > My father is dying and his wish when I started work on this line was to find > his Great Grand Father whom he new nothing about, I as a loving daughter > would like to be able to make his dream come true. > > Would also like to ask for prayers for My Father, William Barnes > > Sincerely, > Mary (Barnes) Schaefer > Mommy2Kota@aol.com > Always looking for: Barnes, Sapp, Rowson, Cummings, Hardwick, Thomae, > Hightower, Scoggins, Schaefer, Kronenberger, Karban & Zulauf > > ==== ILPIKE Mailing List ==== > Pike County Newspaper Abstracts > http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~newspapr/IL/Pike.html