0.2 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 1/4 in. (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 framed photograph, 2 in.)
Creator
Barns Family
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
A framed lithograph of the James Barns residence in Cumberland Township, near Carmichaels, PA with an insert consisting of
a drawing of the first successfully operating engine in Greene Co., ca. 1833, located in the Barns woolen factory on Muddy
Creek, near Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. Included is an account by the donor about the Barns family of north central West Virginia
and southwestern Pennsylvania. Mention is made of abolitionism, agricultural trends, James Barns, William Shinn Barns, George
Brown, Madison College, the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Protestant Church, Asa Shinn, Uniontown, PA, Waitman
T. Willey, and the woolen industry.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Barns Family Records, A&M 3066, West Virginia and Regional History Center,
West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.