Thomas Barnes and his second wife Mary "Polly" Strien are my great-great-great grandparents. Their son Riley Taylor Barnes and Mary Ann Bohannon are my great-great grandparents. Their son Zachariah Taylor Barnes and Minerva Jane Phillips are my great grandparents. Their daughter Eva Emma Barnes and Jesse Alonzo Whiteley are my grandparents. Their daughter Hazel Christine Whiteley and H. Cecil Rhoades are my parents.

I have birth and death info if you are interested. Can you tell me why I was directed to this cite when searching for Riley Barnes? Did he serve in the Civil War? I read somewhere that he went to California during the gold rush. Do you know anything about this storey?

Sharon