Marvin Elmer Barnhart (1869 - 1924)

Born 17 Jun 1869 in Cass County, Indiana

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Biography

He is the son of Jacob Barnhart and Mary Fisher.

Holiday Travel 1919^[1]

"Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Barnhart and children, Katherine and George Ford, of Chicago come to Buffalo tomorrow to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Irish for the holidays."

Assistant District Attorney

'SONNY' DUNN'S PART IN BURKE KILLING RETOLD. Barnhart and Hughes give him clean bill. Assistant State's Attorney Marvin Barnhart and Lieut. Michael Hughes are in perfect accord in one particular. They are both convinced that "Slippery Sonny" Dunn did not kill Detective Sergeant Richard J. Burke -- the assertion on "Smiling Jack" O'Brien, who was hanged for the crime, to the contrary notwithstanding. ... ^[2]

Obituary^[3]

Thursday, June 26, 1924

Marvin E. BARNHART, 55, of Chicago, a brother of Henry A. Barnhart of this city, died at a hospital in Chicago, Wednesday evening about six o'clock, after a week's serious illness following an appendicitis operation. Mr. Barnhart suffered a relapse ten days after the operation and gradually became worse until the end. Tuesday word was received here that there was no hope for him to recover. He was well known in this vicinity where he once lived. Mr. Barnhart was born and reared at Twelve Mile, the son of Rev. Elder Jacob and Mary BARNHART. He attended Rochester High School and later graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan. He took up the practice of law while a young man in the city of Chicago and some time ago resigned from his law firm to accept the position of assistant states attorney under Mr. Hoyne which position he held for eight years. When he died he was the Democratic nominee for Supreme court judge of the city of Chicago.

Mr. Barnhart married several years ago and leaves his wife, Lydia [BARNHART], one daughter and two step-children. Also surviving are Mrs. A. S. HOFFMAN of Macy, Mrs. Jacob LEFFEL of Pontiac, Michigan, sisters; George BARNHART of Twelve Mile and Henry A. BARNHART of this city, brothers. Mrs. Hoffman and his two brothers were with him when he died.

Funeral at the residence on Sherland Road in Chicago, Saturday afternoon.

Saturday, October 25, 1924

Henry A. BARNHART has gone to Cleveland with Mrs. Marvin BARNHART of Chicago conveying the body of Marvin BARNHART to its last resting place. The remains had been in a receiving vault in Chicago since the death in June.

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Sources

Census

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJ8S-J17 : accessed 15 Aug 2013), Marvin E Barnhart, 1920.

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKZ2-BPB : accessed 15 Aug 2013), Marvin Barnhart, 1910.

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSQZ-3S1 : accessed 15 Aug 2013), Marvin Barnhart in entry for M A Mccreery, 1900.

Adams, Cass, Indiana, "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHMF-V1H : accessed 15 Aug 2013), Marvin E. Barnhart in entry for Jacob Barnhart, 1880.

Adams, Cass, Indiana, "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXXQ-G77 : accessed 15 Aug 2013), Marvin Barnhart in entry for Jacob Barnhart, .

Marriage

"Barnhart-Ford / Marvin E. Barnhart and Mrs. Leida Drury Ford announce their marriage on July 19 at No. 44 Lincoln Parkway, Buffalo, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart will be at home after December 1st at No. 7625 Sheriden Road, Chicago, Illinois."^[4]

Death

"Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N34Y-183 : accessed 17 Aug 2013), Marvin E. Barnhart, 25 Jun 1924.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67759606 Burial: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Plot: Section 19 Lot 78-0

Buried in Lake View on June 25, 1924.

Children's Birth

Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSH-R5KF : accessed 29 September 2015), Marvin E Barnhart in entry for Leida Louise Barnhart, 10 May 1923; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 18362, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

Footnotes

1. ↑ "BUFFALO COURIE", Sunday December 21, 1919
2. ↑ "Chicago Daily Tribune", February 28, 1920, http://www.newspapers.com/image/28739924
3. ↑ FULTON COUNTY INDIANA OBITUARIES 1924, Rochester Sentinel and The News-Sentinel', transcribed by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
4. ↑ Buffalo Morning Express, July 23, 1919

Acknowledgments

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