Barnesville 1800-1839 Tobacco Merchants Barnes, Davenport and Gibson began to handle leaf tobacco in 1824… Thomas Shannon in 1827….. CHURCHES Rev. James M. Round and Barnes partnership….. Daniel Davis, first child buried in new church 1808. Charles Schur and Ezekiel Chapman built the brick moulded by William Piper… Reverends: Charles Waddell, Edward Smith, James Drummand, Dyson, Moffat… * HOTELS Henry Barnes kept the first tavern. Israel operated the second. The third was the Alexander House …..(no mention of owner) One Ferrell was the next to start a tavern… John O. Parsons started the Barnesville Hotel….. William G. Shankland opened the Mansion House….. * NOTABLE AND PROFESSIONAL MEN Dr. Carolus Judkins, the first physician….. Hon. Thomas Shannon…. Hon John Davenport…..mentions John Gibson Dr. James Stanton, father of the War Secretary, Edwin Stanton…. Dr. John C. Bennett… Dr. John G. Affleck… * ACCIDENTS AND FIRES At the raising of the old mill, in 1815, one Vernon, the grandfather of James V. and Robinson McLane, was killed…. James Barnes grandson, James R. Shankland, son of William G. Shankland, got caught… This concludes the first trimester of the article!!!!Email me if you need a copy.