Wisc

Martin Rizer of Maryland and (West) Virginia,
his descendants

 

From Indiana to Wisconsin

As early as 1848 Rezin Barnes, whose wife was Catharine Rizer, left Tippecanoe Co., Indiana to found the town of Boaz in Richland Co, Wisconsin.

Their children were:
George Rizer Barnes married Mary Baker, Easter Cooper,
and Barbara C. Cornwall.

James Thomas Barnes married Mary Ann Potts

Benjamin F. Barnes married Margaret Ann Kiericker

William Marion Barnes married Ada Mary Fries

Jacob Andrew Barnes married Sarah Elizabeth Simmons

 

John Henry Rizer, was a nephew of Catharine Rizer Barnes. His parents, Joseph Rizer and Elizabeth Fisher, died early leaving a number of orphans.

John Henry Rizer married Mary Elisabeth Berry. They joined the Barnes family in Richland Co, Wisconsin between 1852 and 1856.

 

Eleanor Rizer was a child of George Rizer and Mary Bryan of Washington co, Maryland. Eleanor married William Trail and lived in Vernon Co., Wisconsin.

 

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