About John R. Barnes
Lived 1833 – 1919 (aged 85). John R. Barnes was an American politician.
John Richard Barnes (July 28, 1833 – January 21, 1919) served in the first Utah State Senate.
Barnes was a native of Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848. In 1853, he emigrated from England to Utah. He was for many years ward clerk of the Kaysville ward under bishop Christopher Layton. He was a member of Utah's 1895 Constitutional Convention and elected as a Democrat to the State Senate that same year. He was also a director of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution.
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American politician (1833-1919)
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John R. Barnes was born on 28 July 1833.
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John R. Barnes died on 21 January 1919.
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John R. Barnes was a politician.
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