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Source: Atlas Map of Fulton County, Illinois, 
Andreas, Lyter, and Co., Davenport, Iowa. 1871
(page 43)

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G. S. Barnes the subject of this sketch, was born on the 24th day of March, 1836, in Adams county, Ohio. He emigrated with his father to this country in the fall of 1838, and settled in Lewistown; then moved, in 1840, to Barnadotte township, where he remained until 1869. Then came to Cuba, where he now resides; is engaged in the hotel business, and is proprietor of the Cuba House. Was married to Miss Jane McMullin on the 25th day of August, 1858. They have had to them four children -- three sons and one daughter. Mr Barnes keeps one of the best hotels in the county.