Ebenezer Barnes: Revolutionary War Gravesites in McLean County

Ebenezer Barnes Gravestone
2/3/1759-5/17/1836

Stout's Grove Cemetery, Sec. 16, Danvers Twp.

Photo by Tony Cannon, Find-a-grave

~Revolutionary War Gravesites in McLean County~

Introduction - Ebenezer Barnes - Joseph Bartholomew - Samuel Beeler - David Haggard - Frances Hodge - Moses Hougham - John Karr - William Lee - John Maxwell - Thomas McClure - William McGhee or Gee - William McCullough - John Toliday - Jacob Williamson - Gravesites Not in McLean County

Ebenezer Barnes was born in Boston and came from a long list of Ebenezer Barnes, including his father (1730-1798), who also fought in the Revolutionary War, and grandfather (1697-1775). One of Ebenezer's ancestors, Thomas "of New Haven" Barnes immigrated from England and fought in the Pequot War, a series of conflicts between Native Americans and European settlers in Connecticut. Ebenezer's mother was Rachel Clark.

At the age of 16, he enlisted in the continental army. He fought in the Battle of White Plains in October 1776. Barnes enlisted four other times, the last being in the summer of 1778.

Ebenezer married Ruth Knox Dement in 1810. He was 50 years old. Ruth was around 40 when they married and they had two children: William Harrison Barnes, who was born in Ohio, and Ebenezer Barnes, Jr., who was born in Indiana. I believe William later moved to Missouri and possibly left an infant son buried in McLean County. Ebenezer Jr.'s (1811-1858) family moved to Linn, Kansas. Ebenezer Jr. kept the name going, from Ebenezer Frank (1838-1901) to Ebenezer Franklin (1878-1947) to Ebenezer Frank (1908-1972).

Ebenezer moved to Illinois in 1829 at around 70 years old. An Ebenezer Barnes shows up in Tazewell County with a male aged 60-70 living in the household. By 1840, however, records show that Ebenezer Jr. had moved to McLean County. This suggests that Ebenezer moved with his son to Tazewell County and later Danvers Township Grove, where he died in 1836.

References & Map

See the Introduction to Revolutionary War Gravesites in McLean County for references.

Click on the map or this link to view a map of Revolutionary War veterans buried in McLean County.