About Robert F. Barnett
Lived 1807 – 1864 (aged 56–57). Robert F. Barnett was an American politician.
Robert F. Barnett was an American politician who served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate.
Biography Barnett was born in 1807 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. In 1832, he moved to DeWitt County, Illinois where he farmed land his father had purchased for him and served as a justice of the peace. He returned as a state representative in the 17th Illinois General Assembly from 1850 to 1852 representing DeWitt and McLean counties.
Personal life In 1831, he married Margaret J. Mills; they had 10 children. He died in 1864 in Clinton, Illinois. His son, Nathan Barnett, ran for governor of Illinois on the Populist ticket in the 1892 Illinois gubernatorial election.
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