Clay County Illinois maternal line

Brant's maternal line through his mother Janice Barnes. Bud Barnes (born Leland L. Barnes 1922, US Army Coast Artillery Corps WWII veteran, 4 Bronze Battle Stars Normandy through Central Europe) married Hope Blair (Georgia Hope Blair 1922 to 1991). Their Iola Cemetery in Clay County Illinois holds five linked families: the Blairs of Blair Township, the Zinks of Louisville Township, the Barneses of Iola, the Glasgows of Clay City, and the Tolivers of Blair Township. All five families merged in Brant's mother's generation.

Origin region: Clay County, Illinois