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Ora J. Barnes

also: 'Jay' Barnes (family memory; consistent with middle initial J.)

Ora J. Barnes b. 1892 d. 1958. Buried Iola Cemetery, Iola, Clay County Illinois. Likely father of Leland L. 'Bud' Barnes (b. 1922, same cemetery) based on the family cluster at Iola; Brant remembered his maternal great-grandfather as 'Jay,' consistent with the J. middle initial. Married to Bessie M. Barnes (probably Bessie May Glasgow per family memory). Brant Hindman's maternal great-grandfather on the Barnes side.

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