I was recently searching in Cecil County, MD for my Gr. Grandmother's 1910 obit and, in one of those strange genealogical serendipity happenings, came across a newspaper article about the death of Officer Barnett. Thought maybe some on the list might be interested in reading the article. "Cecil Whig" Sat., Dec. 3, 1910 Page 1 Cecil Victim of Deadly Duel Special Officer Barnett, of the Philadelphia police force, and a man whom he suspected as a burglar, had a deadly duel on Monday night, at Pine and Forty-second streets in that city, in which both were mortally wounded. Officer Barnett was the son of George Barnett, formerly of Rowlandville, and his slayer is thought to have been Ellis P. Abbott, who shot and killed his wife, formerly Miss Emma P. Browning, of Lower Oxford, at her home on Fairmount avenue, Philadelphia. Abbott escaped and eluded arrest. ----- Original Message ----- From: "thefamilyfinder" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Fwd: In search of fallen cop's relatives > Familysearch has a death certificate for George. They have him listed as > George "Niel" Barnett but I think it may be George "McC" Barnett??? The > date of birth is listed as Oct. 21, "1910" in Maryland. At his death on > Nov. 28, 1910 he was 39 years 1 month and 10 days. His father's name was > George Barnett, born in MD and his mother was Annie Kimble, also born in > MD. > The informant was Sadie L.(Could be a G.-maybe somebody can check) Barnett > of 4032 Locust St. George was buried in Arlington Cemetery on Dec. 4, > 1910. > > It looks like Sadie probably did remarry. Again on familysearch, in the > marriage license index for Philly, there is a listing for a Sarah G. > Barnett > marrying a Maurice F. Cahn in 1913 (license #299605). > > With this info, I was able to find Maurice and Sarah living in Laurel > Springs, Camden Co., NJ in the 1920 census. Maurice was born 1877 in MD, > his father was born in Germany and his mother in PA. Sarah G. Cahn is > listed as being born in 1880 in NJ. Her father was born in PA and her > mother in NJ. I couldn't find them in the 1930 census but I didn't have > time to do a real good search. > > I had the same problem Pat Ingersoll had accessing George's 1910 obit on > GenealogyBank. There are a couple of interesting articles about George > Barnett's death. It appears that the police could not identify the body > of > the man who killed him and there was some mystery as to why he was killed. > > If Harry L. Barnett, George's son, worked for the PA Railroad, perhaps > Chief > Inspector Tiano could contact the PA State Archives to see if they have > any > records for him in their railroad collections? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 8:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Fwd: In search of fallen cop's relatives > > >>I found him on the 1900 and 1910 censuses in ward 27 in Philadelphia with >>a >> wife named Sadie and one son named Harry L. Harry was born in June 1897. >> George was born in Maryland as were his parents and his wife was born in >> New >> Jersey. >> >> I don't know what became of son Harry L. -- I don't see him on the 1930 >> census--thought maybe he'd be married by then and living in Phila. but >> apparently >> not. >> >> He does have a WW1 draft card where he lists his birth date as 26 June >> 1897 >> and his address as 3609 Sansom St. Phila. and his closest relative as >> Mrs. >> Morris F. CAHN of that same address. He says his father is from >> Rowlansville, MD >> (not sure of the spelling of the city) and he says his current employer >> if >> the Pennsylvania Railroad. >> >> My guess is that Mrs. CAHN is his mother and that she has remarried after >> George BARNETT's death. I don't find Morris on the 1920 census though. >> >> Joan >> >> >> In a message dated 4/4/2009 7:43:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Posted on Sat, Apr. 4, 2009 >> >> In search of fallen cop's relatives >> >> >> Philadelphia Daily News >> Chief Inspector James Tiano knows that Officer George Barnett was a >> tenacious warrior who lost his life in a violent shootout with a >> suspected burglar. >> >> But that's about all he knows. >> >> Tiano and his staff are spearheading efforts to locate relatives of >> slain >> officers who are going to be honored during plaque dedication >> ceremonies, >> and >> they need the public's help in finding some of Barnett's relatives. >> >> Barnett's plaque dedication is set for July 22 at 42nd and Pine streets >> in >> West Philadelphia, where he died on Nov. 28, 1910. >> >> Tiano said that despite the passage of almost a century, he's optimistic >> that someone will recognize Barnett's name and reach out to his staff >> before the >> ceremony. >> >> Anyone with information about Barnett should call Tiano at 215- >> 685-3655. >> >> >> >> >> ********* >> Visit the threaded archives of this list: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS >> ********* >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message