John
Williams Barnaby, the subject of this sketch, was born at Westville,
Columbiana County, Ohio. He was educated in the common schools and
at Mt. Union College. His parents were Quakers, and they came from
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Ohio, in 1837, and located in the
eastern part of Stark County. Mr. Barnaby is a bookkeeper by
profession, and he has always been a republican in politics. In
1879 he was elected recorder of Stark County, and re-elected, thus
serving six years in that office. During the war of the rebellion
he served three years as a sergeant in the One Hundred and Fifteenth
Regiment O. V. I., and was discharged with an honorable record. He
was deputy treasurer for Stark County from 1886 to 1890, and in 1892 he
was appointed cashier in the state treasurer's department, where he
remained until January 1896. He was appointed a clerk in the
adjutant-general's office, by General Axline, June 3, 1896. The
maiden name of Mr. Barnaby's wife was Miss Emma K. London, whose father
was born in London, England. They have four children, three
daughter and one son. Mr. Barnaby is a member of Canton Post, G.
A. R., and of Buckeye Lodge, No. 11, K of P. Canton.
