“Mr. John A. Barnes (1854-1936) was a native of Lewis County, West Virginia. Mr. Barnes was a merchant in Weston. He helped organize the Citizens Bank of Weston and was an official of the bank until 1934. He was one of the organizers of the Building and Loan Association and a member of the Board of Directors from 1887-1936. An active layman in the First Methodist Church of Weston, he was a member of the Official Board and of the Board of Trustees; choir director, 1875-1916; a Sunday school teacher, 1925-36; and Boy Scoutmaster, 1912-14. During World War I he was director of the Weston Red Cross. Mr. Barnes was one of fifty men to buy the first plot of acreage at Jackson’s Mill for the original 4-H Camp. He served as secretary of the Board of Trustees of Wesleyan.”
Plummer, K.M. (1965) A history of West Virginia Wesleyan College 1890-1965. [electronic] Retrieved from Internet Archive. Buckhannon, WV: West Virginia Wesleyan College.
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