Before we launch into Aunt Maggie and fill in a few gaps in
the Barnett 'Oregon' story I would like to re-arrange a few of the puzzle
pieces. Let me begin by saying that it is not unusual for information to go
undetected and then suddenly come to light. Researchers do their best
(including myself) but it's just part of the process to discover we got it
wrong as some point.
Officially - Great grandma Mary Eliza's grandfather was Jontham Pierce. He had several children including a daughter Margaret and a son Crockett. Margaret married Thomas Turner and they were the parents of Mary Eliza (Turner) Barnett. Crocket married Fannie (Dodd) and they had a daughter Mary L Pierce.
In years past I had heard that great grandma Barnett was the
daughter of Crockett Pierce and that her middle name was Ellen. Then with the
advent of internet research official documents became available for information
that was subject to memory in the past. Thanks to Vivian I think I have
unraveled a mystery. She recently shared a document that her mom had received in
the 1980s.
Aunt Ruth corresponded with a cousin Roy Whitlock
and his wife Betty asking for great grandma Barnett's family tree. Roy was age
89 and Betty was age 79 at the time and Betty sent Aunt Ruth an extensive hand
written document with tons of information. However Roy's attempt to recall his
lineage back four generations got a little mixed up. Once he got to great
grandma's marriage to Robert F. Barnett though, he was off and running.
So here is the document and my sources to support great
grandma's middle name and her parents as Thomas Turner and Margaret (Pierce)
Turner.
This is an original copy that Aunt Ruth kept safe for many years.
These are available on the internet
Hard to read this one but it is Census for Crockett with daughter, Mary L.
The information from the Whitlocks has lots of collateral descendants that I did not have before which I will be confirming and adding to the ever growing Barnett Tree.
