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History of Cooper County Missouri by W. F. Johnson, page 1020
Capt Edgar L. Barnert (Transcribed by Jim Thoma)

Capt. Edgar L. Barnert, captain of Company H, of the Boonville Training School, is one of the county's most valued and respected citizens. He was born Sept. 22, 1891 in Boonville, a son of Dominic and Mary A. (Back) Barnert, the former, a native of Germany and the latter, of Boonville. Dominic Barnert is a retired carpenter and contractor and one of Boonville's well-known citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Barnert are the parents of the following children: Minnie, who is married and now resides in Chicago, Ill.; Carl, a traveling salesman of St Louis, Mo.; Edgar L., the subject of this sketch; Merle, a lieutenant of the 35th Division, 140th Infantry, Company I, who enlisted at Boonville in the National Guards, was transferred to the army and served in Mexico and then re-enlisted for overseas service; Anna E., at home; and Jerome D., a student in the Boonville high school.

Captain Barnert attended the Boonville high school. He worked with his father for a few years in carpentering and contracting and then accepted the position of clerk in the Boonville post office, under R. W. Corum. He enlisted Sept. 5, 1918 in Company K, 12th Battalion, Infantry Replacement at Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, USA, and he was honorably discharged Dec. 19, 1919. Captain Barnert has been connected with the Training School in Boonville for the past five years, at different intervals, and he has held his present position since Dec. 23, 1918. He has 95 boys in his company and he teaches the primary grade. He drills his company one hour each morning and evening and he is responsible also for the moral welfare of the boys. Captain Barnert is giving much satisfaction as instructor and he takes a most commendable interest in his work and in the lads under his charge.

Feb. 27, 1913, Edgar L. Barnert and Marian C. Bradley, a daughter of Thompkins and Mary Bradley, of Boonville, Mo., were united in marriage. The Bradleys are honored pioneers of Boonville and Mr. and Mrs. Bradley are numbered among the county's best families. To Edgar L. and Marian C. Barnet has been born one child, a daughter, Mary Catherine. Mr. and Mrs. Barnet are highly regarded in their community and they have a host of friends in Cooper County.

Obituary - Boonville Daily News, February 1, 1966

E. L. Barnert Services Scheduled for Thursday

Edgar L. Barnert, 74, a resident of Chandler, Ariz., formerly of Boonville, died Monday morning at the Veterans Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the William Wood Funeral Chapel with the Rev. W. DeFay Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Masonic rites will be held immediately following the funeral services at the funeral home. Friends may call at the William Wood Funeral Home Wednesday until time of service. Mr. Barnert was born Sept. 22, 1891, in Boonville, the son of Dominicus Barnert and Mary Anna Back Barnert. He was married to Marian Bradley, who survives, Feb. 27, 1913, and they had celebrated their golden wedding in 1963. They made their home in Boonville until about twelve years ago, and Mr. Barnert was employed in construction work with the Davis Construction Co. They moved to Chandler, Ariz., where Mr. Barnert was an accountant for the Hickey Plumbing and Construction Co. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Cooper Lodge A. F. & A. M. Surviving are his wife of the home; one daughter, Mrs. T. W. Smith, of Chandler, Ariz.; one son, E. B. Barnert, of Chillicothe; one brother, M. J. Barnert, of Kansas City; one sister, Mrs. Howard McGuire, of Phoenix, Ariz.; and two grandchildren.

Edgar married Bradley, Marian Clark on 27 Feb 1913 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. Marian (daughter of Bradley, Thompkins and Hutchison, Mary) was born on 22 Mar 1891 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 9 Oct 1969 in Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, USA; was buried on 13 Oct 1969 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Mitchell, J. B on 27 May 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Smith, Tony Walker on 1 Nov 1949. Tony was born on 23 Dec 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]