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William Hinchman Barnes 1857 - 1940

William Hinchman Barnes (1857 - 1940)
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William Hinchman Barnes
Born
1857
Geelong
Death
1940
Coleraine
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William Hinchman Barnes was born in 1857 at Geelong, and died at age 83 years old in 1940 at Coleraine. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Hinchman Barnes.

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William Barnes passed away at age 83 years old in 1940 at Coleraine. William Hinchman Barnes was born in 1857 at Geelong. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Hinchman Barnes.

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William Hinchman Barnes lived 13 years longer than the average Barnes family member when he died at the age of 83.
The average age of a Barnes family member is 70.
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1857 - 1940 World Events

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In 1857, in the year that William Hinchman Barnes was born, on March 4th, James Buchanan became the 15th President of the United States. Called a "doughface" by many - a Northerner with Southern sympathies - he said that he would only serve one term and he did what he said.

In 1870, when he was just 13 years old, on March 31st, Thomas Mundy Peterson was the first African-American male who voted in an election - a local election about the town charter. Peterson, a school principal, was also the first to hold elected office and the first to sit on a jury.

In 1882, William was 25 years old when on August 3rd, President Chester Arthur signed the 1882 Immigration Act. "Criminals, the insane, or any person unable to take care of him or herself" were not allowed in the U.S. according to the Act. It also imposed a "head tax" on non-citizens entering the U.S.

In 1899, William was 42 years old when the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.

In 1940, in the year of William Hinchman Barnes's passing, in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top.

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