A.F. Barnes was born December 30, 1862 at Searsport, Maine. His boyhood and early manhood were spend in Maine. Later he moved to Grinnell, Iowa where he lived until coming to Carrington in 1903.
In 1875 he married Georgianna Dickerson at Grinnell.
They had no children but they raised Helen Carnahan, a niece.
Mr. Barnes was a blacksmith.
He had a vast storehouse of classics and poetry- much of which he could recite from memory.
Mr. Barnes died in October 1925.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 16B