Bui. 984, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE VII. 



Pen Sketch of Hiram Barney, Hanging in Belleville Academy 

 Memorial Hall. 



Hiram Barney was born on farm No. 176, and educated at Union Academy and Union College. 

 He afterwards became State Superintendent of schools in Ohio and introduced the union 

 school system into that State. 



