Posted on: Freestone County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/FreestoneObits/10207 Surname: Barnett ------------------------- No connection Fairfield Recorder, Fairfiled Texas Friday, July 16, 1926 LIGHTENING KILLS FREESTONE CITIZEN Prof. S.M. BARNETT, an old and well known citizen of Freestone County was instantly killed at his home near Mills about 4 p.m. Monday when struck by a bolt of lightening. Mr. BARNETT was alone when killed and appeared that he had just carried in an arm full of stove wood. One side of his face was split and one of his feet was bursted and his clothes were burn from his body. Prof. BARNETT had never married. He was great reader and scholar and was esteemed by all who knew him as a man of the highest honor and integrity.