The father of our subject, Brittania D. Barnes, was born in New York in 1787. In 1820 he went to Wilkes Barre, Pa., and from there to Allentown, where he resided a few years. In the vicinity of Bath there was then a Scotch-Irish settlement, which has had an honored place in the early history of Pennsylvania and of the country, and has done much to foster English education, sound morality and religion in regions far beyond its bounds. In view of his Presbyterian birth and early training, Mr. Barnes was attracted thither, and cast in his lot with them as a merchant until the time of his death. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Sarah Pardoe, and was a native of Northumberland County, Pa. Both she and her husband are deceased. Their family numbered four suns and five daughters, six of whom grew to mature years, and four are yet living, viz; .Joeph C.; James P.; Annie, widow of Josiah Brown; and Lydia, who is the wife of Dr. W. E. Seip, of Bath, Pa.