Cassius M. Barnes was born
in Livingston County, New York in 1845. During the period of his
early childhood his parents migrated to Michigan, where he was
educated.
At the outbreak of the
Civil War, although but a mere boy, he enlisted, serving in various
capacities in an engineer company, in the quartermaster's department
and in the military telegraph corps.
Shortly after the close of
the War he located at Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was engaged in
business for a time. He took an active interest in politics and
held several appointive Federal official positions.
When Oklahoma was opened
to settlement he came to Guthrie as receiver of public moneys at the
United State Land Office, a position which he held for four
years. In 1894 he was elected as a member of the Territorial
House of Representatives and served as speaker of that body during its
session in 1895. He also served as a member of the House in the
session in 1897. In April 1897, he was appointed Governor of
Oklahoma by President McKinley, serving four years. Since his
retirement from that office Governor Barnes has been twice elected
mayor of Guthrie where he still lives (1908).
Source: A
History of Oklahoma by Joseph B. Throburn and Isaac M.
Holcomb, Doub and Company San Francisco 1908.
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