This is a picture of George W. Barnes Sr. He was blind at the time this was taken, and that's why he has the cane in this photograph. He was married five times and had sixteen children by four of them.
     He lived in Johnson County, Iowa until he became blind and too old to manage the home place.  He then went to live in Taylor County, Iowa with his sons George Jr., Joseph, Henry and Isam.  He also spent some time at his
daughter Ann's farm in Poweshiek County, Iowa.  In 1895 his son Gus came from
Smith County, Kansas and took him back there to live with his other sons William F. and Chesley, and this is where he died on 6 May 1896.  Just in case you all don't know, I will list his 16 children here, as follows, along
with their mothers:
wife #1 Elizabeth Ogle, and George's children by her:
1. Chesley Barnes, married Ruth Blain
2. Elmina "Mina" Barnes, died shortly after marrying a (1st name unknown) Black
3. Delia "Dee" Barnes
4. George Washington Barnes Jr., married Deborah Hamlin
5. John Wesley Barnes, did not live to adulthood
6. Joseph Marcellus Barnes, married Mary Nelson Tinder
7. William Fletcher Barnes, married Melvina Hamlin
8. Ann Eliza Barnes, married John Blain
9. Augustus Randolph "Gus" Barnes, married Anna M. Gambrel
10.  Mary Jane "Badge" Barnes, did not live to adulthood

wife #2 Delphine Holman, and George's son by her:
11. Pleasant Henderson Barnes, md #1 Delia Dean, #2 Nora Nichols

wife #3 Sarah Jane Wilkinson, and George's children by her:
12. Henry Norman Barnes Sr., md #1 Katie Fitzsimmons, #2 Sarah Jane Smalley
13. Isam King Barnes Sr., md #1 Mary _____, #2 Mary Hays, #3 Mary J. Wilson