Hi, yes I remember the Barnes jewelry store sign in Stephenville but did not know the Barnes family very well. If one went to Dublin , I will give you odds that former Texas Lt. Gov Ben Barnes of Dublin- De Leon area is your cousin. He gave up politics to run a construction company. I remember him as having red tinted hair. I think he graduated from De Leon High School, so family records will be in Erath or Eastland County. Their farm could have been in Comanche, Comanche County. Mail routes and school districts do not always folow county lines. There was also a Barnes- McCullough string of lumber yards in Central Texas, including Stephenville. Willard Barnes in 1960's was a retired Alvarado, Johnson County Banker . We rented his house on family farm on Hwy 67 outside Venus, Texas. Willard and wife had a mildly handicapped lady of African ancestery living with them and she and they took care of each other. She travelled with them . She was an Arterbury. I have seen records that one Arterbury , a slave over 100 years before that, had done weaving with a hand held shuttle whittled from wild cherry before 1860 by a Z.L. Spears or Speers. My wife's mom's first cousin , Ned Clayton , was blind and ran a 5 and 10 cent store near the Barnes Alvarado State Bank. Ned Clayton could do touch inventory of bins faster than his assistant could record it. He also made change. We later learned that the bank clerks folded Mr. Clayton's bills differently for each size,,and he would amaze his customers by making correct change for a $10.00 bill, Between Alvarado and Maypearl is a Barnesville community in former cotton farms , not far from the location of movie, "Places of the Heart", wasn't it, about a Waxahachie Cotton farm and the 20's or 30's. . The exit for Barnesville Road is evident between Grandview and Alvarado, Texas. Run Big Yellow Directory and I think you will find one or more Barnes Wrecking- pardon me, - Used Auto Parts Recyclers in central and North Central Texas. . I am sure you are familiar with the Barnes Brothers circus that toured Texas and other states until recently- may still be there. Help any at all? Charles Wyly Charles Wyly