Jay Preston Barnes (August 9, 1869 – May 8, 1943) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Jay Preston Barnes | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1928–1932 | |
| Preceded by | Allen H. Bagg |
| Succeeded by | Harry Goodrich West |
| President of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[1] | |
| Member of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen Ward 5[2] | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | May 8, 1943[3] |
| Political party | Democratic[2] |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Henrietta Dutton; M. 1894[4] |
| Children | Harold Dutton Barnes, b. September 28, 1895.[5] |
| Alma mater | Cornell, class of 1893.[3] |
| Profession | Civil Engineer[3][4] |
Family life
editOn October 25, 1894 Barnes married Mary Henrietta Dutton, the daughter of John and Henrietta M. (Tuthill) Dutton,[6] they had a son, Harold Dutton Barnes, born on September 28, 1895.[5]
Notes
edit- ^ City of Pittsfield (1909), Municipal Register of the City of Pittsfield for 1909, Pittsfield, MA: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 364.
- ^ a b F. S. Blanchard (1908), Massachusetts Year Book for 1908, No. 10, Worcester, MA: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 248.
- ^ a b c New York Times (May 9, 1943), EX-MAYOR BARNES OF PITTSFIELD DIES; Holder of Post, 1928-32, Had Served Also as Chairman of Board of Public Works HEADED CITY DEMOCRATS Former Auditor and Treasurer -- Received Civil Engineering Degree at Cornell in '93, New York, NY: The New York Times, p. 40.
- ^ a b Nash, Howard P. (1904), The Sixth General Catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Evanston, Il: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, p. 246.
- ^ a b Barnes, Frederic Wayne (2001), Genealogy of Thomas Barnes, Hartford, Connecticut: 8,591 Descendants (+ Spouses), 14 Generations, 1615-2001, Volume II, Gateway Press, p. 735.
- ^ Prichard, Sarah Johnson (1896), The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal period to the year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five, Volume II, New Haven, Connecticut: Price & Lee Company, p. 466.