Jay Preston Barnes (August 9, 1869 – May 8, 1943) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Jay Preston Barnes
Mayor of
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
In office
1928–1932
Preceded byAllen H. Bagg
Succeeded byHarry Goodrich West
President of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen[1]
Member of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Ward 5[2]
Personal details
DiedMay 8, 1943[3]
Political partyDemocratic[2]
Spouse(s)Mary Henrietta Dutton; M. 1894[4]
ChildrenHarold Dutton Barnes, b. September 28, 1895.[5]
Alma materCornell, class of 1893.[3]
ProfessionCivil Engineer[3][4]

Family life

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On October 25, 1894 Barnes married Mary Henrietta Dutton, the daughter of John and Henrietta M. (Tuthill) Dutton,[6] they had a son, Harold Dutton Barnes, born on September 28, 1895.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ City of Pittsfield (1909), Municipal Register of the City of Pittsfield for 1909, Pittsfield, MA: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 364.
  2. ^ a b F. S. Blanchard (1908), Massachusetts Year Book for 1908, No. 10, Worcester, MA: F. S. Blanchard & Company, p. 248.
  3. ^ a b c New York Times (May 9, 1943), EX-MAYOR BARNES OF PITTSFIELD DIES; Holder of Post, 1928-32, Had Served Also as Chairman of Board of Public Works HEADED CITY DEMOCRATS Former Auditor and Treasurer -- Received Civil Engineering Degree at Cornell in '93, New York, NY: The New York Times, p. 40.
  4. ^ a b Nash, Howard P. (1904), The Sixth General Catalogue of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Evanston, Il: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, p. 246.
  5. ^ a b Barnes, Frederic Wayne (2001), Genealogy of Thomas Barnes, Hartford, Connecticut: 8,591 Descendants (+ Spouses), 14 Generations, 1615-2001, Volume II, Gateway Press, p. 735.
  6. ^ Prichard, Sarah Johnson (1896), The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the Aboriginal period to the year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five, Volume II, New Haven, Connecticut: Price & Lee Company, p. 466.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts
1928–1932
Succeeded by