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BARNETT, WILLIAM C.
William Curtis Barnett was the son of
Alexander Montgomery Barnett and Martha
R. Timmonds. They lived on Hog Creek while
William Curtis grew up, and he attended
school in a log school house located about 150
yards from Patton Baptist Church.
Mr. Barnett was interested in listening to
older people talk and would read and read
again any books that he could get. As a boy
he was present at the organization of Bosque
County under the huge oak tree between
Valley Mills and Clifton.
W.C. spent part of his early life with Capt.
George B. Erath and Neil McLennan in
expeditions against Indians and learning to
survey.
William Curtis joined Capt. J.W. Sed-
berry's Company C of the 15th Volunteers
Infantry in 1861 and served until April of
1865.
He joined the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church after returning from the War and was
a member at "Old Rock Church" on Hog
Creek. He also was a member of the John
Armstrong Lodge which met in this same
building.
' In 1866, William Curtis married Nancy
Tabitha Odle, eldest daughter of Capt. John
Odle and Lucinda Elizabeth Reeder. They
had eleven children, three of whom died in
infancy, but the remaining children grew to
adulthood on the farm on Hog Creek and
most of them lived in or near Valley Mills.
In later years the Curtis family moved to
"Barnett Hill" in Valley Mills, now owned
and occupied by the Joe Morgan family. W.C.
became a charter member and elder of the
First Presbyterian Church along with Joe
McMurray and Van Callan.
His first lessons in surveying were taken
under George B. Erath and he served as
deputy surveyor, two terms, in Bosque
County, and did much private surveying. For
18 years he was Justice of Peace of his
precinct and Notary Public for both McLen-
nan and Bosque Counties. To those who knew
him best, he was known as "Judge Barnett".
In 1916, the Barnetts celebrated their
Golden Wedding Anniversary in the home of
a daughter, Ethel (Mrs. George Goodall),
surrounded by their eight children who were:
Timmonds Alfred, the oldest, first married
Lula Seymour who died at an early age
leaving a three year old son. Then he married
Minnie Elizabeth Davis whose father owned
a farm adjacent to the Barnett farm on Hog
Creek. Jettie (Mrs. Joe Garner Hinton, Sr.);
Leona (Mrs. William J. Stringfellow); Alma
(Mrs. Jesse Clarence Tubb); Ethel (Mrs.
George Goodall); Eula (Mrs. Edwin Wallace
Goodall, Sr.); Willie (Mrs. Leona Noel); and
Prentice Hall, the younger of the two sons
married Nellie Lane of the Lanes Chapel
community.
Among the descendants of William Curtis
and Nancy Tabitha are successful farmers,
nurses, lawyers, ministers, doctors,
bookkeepers, and teachers.
by Gene Barnett and Alta PowellWilliam Curtis Barnett Family. Back row: Prentice Hall, Leona, Jettie, Alma, Timmonds Alfred. Middle
row: William Curtis, Nancy Tabitha (Odle). Front row: Eula, Willie, Ethel.
BARNETT, ALEXANDER M.
F62Alexander Montgomery Barnett, born
1817, Kentucky, son of Robert and Elizabeth
(Condict) Barnett, married first, Sally Mary
Ann Bennett, and had a son, Robert Allen.
Within two years, his wife and child had died.
He married second, his first cousin, Martha
Thompson Timmonds, daughter of William
Henry and Jemima (Condict) Timmonds.
After his graduation from Botanic Medical
School in Cincinnati, they moved to Texas,
arriving in Waco in 1851. They remained in
Waco until 1857 when they moved to the farm
on Hog Creek, three miles south of present
day Valley Mills. He farmed and continued
his medical practice, retiring in 1870. His son,
William Curtis, took over the operation of the
family farm, and Alexander moved to the
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Bosque County History Book Committee. Bosque County: Land and People (A History of Bosque County, Texas), book, 1985; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91038/m1/153/?q=campbell: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.