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when he came to Manteno, Illinois, near which place he lived until 

 his death, which occurred on the 7th of May of the present year. 



When fifteen years of age he took charge of a nursery, and was 

 connected with that business the greater part of his life. He was of 

 Quaker parentage, and his educational advantages were limited to a 

 good district school. 



On August 13, 1852, he married Miss Jane Williams, a most 

 estimable lady. Three children, Alice, Park and Lee, blessed this 

 union, of whom only Lee, who is twenty-six years old, and the 

 youngest, is living. Although without the advantages of a collegiate 

 course of studies, Mr. Barnard was an educated man. Throughout 

 his life he was a very close student, not only of the art he loved, but 

 of every subject that has a tendency to elevate the human race. His 

 various contributions to the Pra/rie Farmer and other papers show 

 an extensive range of thought and a felicitous expression, which 

 command the respect of his fellow-men. 



In all questions concerning horticulture, agriculture and their 

 kindred subjects, he was extremely well informed. As an educator 

 on these lines of thought and work, his town and county has abund- 

 ant testimony. To his judgment, intelligence and industry the Kan- 

 kakee Valley Horticultural Society is largely indebted for its incep- 

 tion and continuance. Since its commencement in 1877, with the 

 exception of two years up to the time of his death, Mr. Barnard 

 was its chief officer, and no business of his own, however pressing, 

 ever prevented him from attending its meetings. 



Some years ago when he was elected President of the Agricul- 

 tural Fair Association, of Kankakee County, he found this institu- 

 tion heavily encumbered with debt, and its friends and working 

 members more or less discouraged. With the aid of the Executive 

 Committee, he succeeded in passing a resolution, authorizing the sale 

 of life membership tickets at fifteen dollars each. By appeals in the 

 local press, and visits through the county, he secured all the members 

 needed to pay off the debt. Since that time several improvements 

 have been made, and the Association is in a prospering condition. 



Year after year he was elected Supervisor of the Town of Man- 

 teno, and in the Board, whether as- a member or President of that 

 body, his opinions always commanded respect, and received careful 

 consideration. 



At the meeting qi the Horticultural Society of Northern Illinois, 

 held in Chicago, in January 1886, Mr. Barnard was elected President 

 for the ensuing year. During the succeeding autumn he personally 

 visited Prof. Budd and other prominent horticulturists; he also cor- 

 responded with fruit growers in different parts of our State, and the 

 result was a grand success for the meeting held in Kankakee in Jan- 

 uary, 1887. His power of adaptation to different persons and circum- 

 stances was very large. The child clearly understood the simple and 



