Henry Winslow Barnes
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Henry W. Barnes | |
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| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Lafayette 2nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1870 – January 1, 1872 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Pole |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Bainbridge (whole county) |
| In office January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858 | |
| Preceded by | Matthew Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Hamilton H. Gray |
| Sheriff of Lafayette County, Wisconsin | |
| In office January 1861 – January 1863 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Campbell |
| Wisconsin Circuit Court Clerk for Lafayette County, Wisconsin | |
| In office January 1859 – January 1861 | |
| Preceded by | David W. Kyle |
| Succeeded by | James S. Murphy |
| Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County, Wisconsin | |
| In office January 1855 – January 1856 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Morgan Parkinson |
| Succeeded by | Justus De Selhorst |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 2, 1818 Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | September 1, 1873 (aged 54) Wiota, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Resting place | Miller Cemetery, Wiota, Wisconsin |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Louisa Lamb |
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Henry Winslow Barnes (November 2, 1818 – September 1, 1873) was an American farmer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Lafayette County in the 1857, 1870, and 1871 sessions.
Henry W. Barnes was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, in November 1818. His father died when he was just seven years old. He came to the Wisconsin Territory in 1835, when he was just 17. He initially resided at Darlington, and was elected to the Lafayette County board of supervisors from Darlington in 1849. In the early 1850s he moved to the neighboring town of Wiota, Wisconsin, and was quickly elected chairman of the town board, serving from 1851 to 1859. During the same years, he was elected to six consecutive terms representing Wiota on the county board—from 1853 through 1858. He was also chosen as chairman of the county board in 1855.[1]
In 1856, Barnes was elected on the Democratic Party ticket to serve in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He represented Lafayette County's 2nd Assembly district, which then comprised roughly the eastern half of the county.[2] In 1858, he was elected clerk of the circuit court for Lafayette County, for a two year term, and he was then elected sheriff in 1860.[1]
He was elected to two more terms in the Assembly, in 1869 and 1870, when he again represented Lafayette County's 2nd Assembly district.[3][4] He then serve two final terms on the county board in 1871 and 1872.[1]
Barnes died at his home in Wiota on September 1, 1873, after a long and painful illness.[5]