Jesse BARNES

                   Jesse Barnes, a native of Blandford, Mass. and son of Jerre Barnes, a patriot of the Revolution, settled in Orwell, 1805. He purchased a 150-acre tract of land, which he improved until his death. He was accidentally killed in a saw-mill, 1828, being in his 44th year. His wife was Roxanna Warfel. Their children were Lucretia (Mrs. Alvin Goodenough), Jeremiah, Dr. Jesse, Ollie (Mrs. Louis Martin), Nelson, Philander, Alonzo and Francis Sylvester. Jeremiah married Sally Aurelia, daughter of Cyprian Grant, located in Herrick where he died November 26, 1880, aged 69 years. Children were Polly (Mrs. Geo. Coe), Melissa, Ulysses, Roxanna, Philetus and Loren. Philander married, September 8, 1841, Miss Abigail Wage. Nelson died July 18, 1881 in Orwell survived by his wife Matilda E. and daughter Rozilla Adelaide (Mrs. Alphonzo Robinson). Zophar Platt, whose sons, Ephraim and Nathaniel, had settled in East Herrick, 1808, came on from Connecticut and joined them the next year. They formed the first settlement within the present Herrick township. The father died upon the homestead at an advanced age. A daughter was the first wife of Amos Northrup of Pike. Ephraim married Polly, daughter of Judah Benjamin, a Revolutionary soldier of Pike and was the father of the late Anson Platt. Nathaniel married Mabel Hitchcock and was accidentally killed at a general training in Orwell about 1831. He had sons, Charles, Nathaniel and Jarvis.
Note: (Medical):Died at Horton Saw Mill, Wysox, PA.