David Eli BARNES (son of John BARNS and Martha
McNAUGHT) was born 26 July 1844 in Owen County,
Indiana. David Eli enlisted 14 December 1861, in
company K, Fifty-first Indiana as a Private.  He
participated in battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Stone
River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Franklin,
Nashville, Tennessee, besides numerous skirmishes.  He
was mustered out at San Antonio, Texas, in December,
1865, at the rank of Corporal and received his
discharge papers at Indianapolis, Indiana, 14 January
1866. He married Anna Sarah WILLARD 04 July 1869 in
Owen County, Indiana. Anna was born 17 July 1850. She
was the daughter of Nathaniel Vanhorn WILLARD and
Lydia Ann SMITH. David died 18 August 1925. He was
buried at Hopkins Cemetery, Hopkins, Nodaway County,
Missouri. Anna died 06 October 1933 in Santa Ana,
California. She was buried at Hopkins Cemetery,
Hopkins, Missouri.

Submitted by Charlotte Barns Lewin