Napa County Biographies
Elias Joel Barnett
Elias Joel Barnett - Son of Jesse and Lavinia Clark Barnett, was born in Pine Grove, in Lawrence County,
Ohio, June 19,1849, where he resided till the spring of 1851, when, with his parents, he moved to Hanging
Rock, same county; and at the end of one year they moved to Haverhill, Scioto County. In 1854, with his
parents, he crossed the plains to California, and settled in Pope Valley, and resided with his parents
till 1875, when he began for himself, purchasing at that time his present estate, consisting of three
hundred and twenty acres of land, where he has since been engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr.
Barnett married October 10, 1875, Miss Anna Wallace, who was born in Benton County, Arkansas, March
23,1849. By titis union, they have Ida May, born August 18,1876; Henry, born October 31, 1878; Ada
Lena, born January 13,1881.
History of Napa and Lake Counties,: San Francisco, Cal.: Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers, 1881
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft, February, 2007 Page 394
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