Biography

08/16/1861 - 11/24/1945

Wallace James Barnes (R14) Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne Counties 1919-1922 

Early Life:

Wallace James Barnes, born August 16, 1861, Beach Lake, Wayne County, Pennsylvania; son of Charles and Grace Marshall Barnes; public School education; Chill Seminary, New York; teacher, Wayne County public school system; married, Elizabeth Grace Oliver, 1884, children, Earl O. Barnes, Olin James Barnes, Marcia Pauline Barnes, Anna Margaret Barnes, Jennie B. Barnes Shaw, Ruth Barnes Fairbanks, Cyrus Wallace Barnes; engaged, saw mill lumber business, 1910; elected, Wayne County prothonotary; clerk of the courts of Wayne County, tax collector, justice of the peace, 1911- resigned this office, December 1, 1918, to assume the duties of State Senator; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1919-1922; appointed, Governor Gifford Pinchot, State Bridge Commission, 1931; died, November 24, 1945 (aged 84), Beach Lake, Wayne County, Pennsylvania interment, Beach Lake Cemetery, Beach Lake, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Wayne County prothonotary; clerk of the courts of Wayne County Courthouse, Honesdale, Pennsylvania; tax collector, justice of the peace1911- resigned this office, December 1, 1918, to assume the duties of State Senator.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne Counties, 1919-1922; committee assignments, Agriculture, Appropriations, Exposition Affairs, Forestry, Game and Fisheries, Legislative Apportionment, Public Printing.

Appointed, Governor Gifford Pinchot, State Bridge Commission, 1931.

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1920). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1119, 1130, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1096.

The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) November 27, 1945, Page 13.

Wallace J. Barnes (1861-1945) - Find a Grave Memorial