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English: Little Miss Josephine Carter Barney, great-great-granddaughter of Commodore Joshua Barney. Portrait by James Wood, engraver, 1798-1807. Little Miss Josephine Carter Barney

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Title: Commodore Joshua Barney: many interesting facts connected with the life of Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the United States navy, 1776-1812, also a compilation of genealogical material relating to Commodore Barney's ancestors and descendants, with valuable records for those in search of Barney family connections
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Adams, William Frederick, b. 1848
Subjects: Barney, Joshua, 1759-1818 Barney family (William Barney, d. 1746)
Publisher: Springfield, Mass., Priv. print.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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te Constitution, was lieutenant with John PaulJones on the Bon Homme Richard at the time of herengagement with the Serapis, and was the senior officerof the United States Navy at his death in 1811. Another great-uncle, Charles Edmundson Thorburn,was one of the first graduates from the Naval Academyat Annapolis and served as midshipman under Com-modore Perry during the Mexican War. Later dates show members of the same family servingin both the U. S. and C. S. Navies. Her first cousin, Franklin Porteous Holcomb, gradu-ated from Annapolis in the first class, and not manymonths afterwards lost his life in that terrible accidentin Hampton Roads, June, 1907, when a launch contain-ing eleven men, sailors and officers, was sunk in someunknown manner and all on board were drowned. Representing a family which has attained such honor inthe United States Naval service. Miss Josephine CarterBarney was selected to unveil the tablet to the famousand renowned commander of the first American navy. 108
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JOSEPHINE CARTER BARNEY VI BELLE McINTOSH BARNEYJOEL WILLARD ADAMS VI—BELLE McINTOSH daughter of Joseph^ Nichol-son and Anne (Dornin) BarneyBorn Powhatan County, VirginiaMarried Joel Willard Adams November 3, 1892 Children: 1. Nicholson Barney Born November 6, 1895 2. M. Virginia Born March 19, 1901 no I VI MARY BEALE BARNEYJOHN G. WHITE VI—MARY« Beale daughter of Joseph^ Nicholson andAnne (Dornin) BarneyBorn Fredericksburg, VirginiaMarried John G. White November 24, 1898 Children: 1. Helen Brockenbrough Born October 17, 1900 2. Anne Dornin Born June 21, 1902 3. Elijah Brockenbrough 112 VII JAMES ROGERS HOLCOMB VII—JAMES ROGERS son of Thomas« and Eliza-beth (Barney) HolcombBorn April 30, 1871Married Josephine de Zeng June 17, 1896 Children: 1. Randolph Peyton Born March 24, 1897Died September 24, 1897 2. James Rogers Junior Born August 22, 1898Died August 31, 1898 3. Henry Lawrence Born February i, 1901 4. Elizabeth Hindman Born February 6, 1904 5. Helen Olivia Born June 13, 1

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