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The Alexander P. Barnes Family

From L to R: Fannie Terry Barnes, Ethel Barnes Darwin, Zeb Barnes, Matalee Barnes Mitchell, Jere B. Barnes and Alex P. Barnes. Alex P. Barnes was a successful merchant in Cookeville and was mayor in 1923. Zeb Barnes operated a shoe store on West Broad Street. Ethel married Charles Darwin, a partner in the Jenkins and Darwin's dry goods store, and Matalee married John A. Mitchell, who was district attorney general and later judge on the court of appeals in Tennessee

Alexander "Alex" Pleasant Barnes

b. 20 November 1857, Jeremiah, Overton Co., TN
d. 16 March 1931, Putnam Co., TN
Wife: Fannie Terry
Father: William H. Barnes Jr.
Mother: Nancy Jane Saylors (1830-1901)
Buried: Cookeville City Cemetery, Putnam Co., TN
See Cookeville City Cemetery

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