Ella Force Barnett (1870-1943)

Ella was the third child of Katherine Ogie Frierson and Henry Clay Force.

When Henry Clay Force died, Peter was sent to live with his Uncle William Q. Force in Washington DC but Ella and her younger brother, Manning, remained in Alabama with their mother. Ella married William Franklin Barnett and had several children. None of her children lived to adulthood. When Great Aunt Eileen met Ella, she saw her as a spinster woman who lived with her half sister, Rosie Martin Blair.

Timeline

• 19 Dec 1865 - Henry Clay Force married Katherine Ogie Frierson
• 29 Dec 1866 - Sister, Mary Elizabeth Force born (d. 2 Sep 1871)
• 5 Dec 1868 - Brother, Peter E Force born Moundville, Hale County, AL (d. 2 Feb 1930)
• 23 Oct 1870 - Ella Force born Tuscaloosa, AL
• 13 July 1873 - Brother, Manning Force born Alabama (d. 1954)
• 1874 - Father, Henry Clay Force, died and buried at Moundville, Hale County, Alabama
• 1879 - Widow, Katherine Ogie Frierson Force married William E. Martin
• 1880 - Probably lived in Etowah County, Alabama
• August 23 ... - Letter from Carthage, Alabama from Peter E. Force to his Uncle Manning Force
• 24 Dec 1891 - Married William Franklin Barnett in Etowah County, Alabama
• 1892 - Son, James Henry Barnett born (d. 1892)
• 1893 - Daughter, Katie Estell Barnett born (d. 1893)
• 1894 - Son, ... Barnett born (d.1894)
• 1897 - Son, Ernest Eugene Barnett (d. 1899)
• 1900 - Enumerated in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
• 1901 - Son, Frank Morris Barnett born (d. 1901)
• 1902 - Daughter, ... Barnett (d. 1902)
• 1905 - Son, ... Barnett (d. 1905)
• 1905 - Residence 503 14th Av, Tampa, Florida (William is a clerk)
• 7 July 1910 - Husband, William Franklin Barnett died, bured Woodlawn Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
• 1910 - Enumerated in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, widowed
• 1920 - Enumerated in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, widowed
• 1930 - Enumerated in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, widowed
• 1940 - Enumerated in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, widowed
• 1 Nov 1943 - Died, buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida

Census

1900 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida

Frank Barrnett, age 45, born Oct 1854, Georgia, occupation collector wood

Ella, wife, age 39, born Oct 1870, Alabama, number of living children 0, born children 4

1910 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida

Frank Barnett, age 40

Ella Barnett, age 30

1920 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida

Ella Barnett, age 40, widowed, born Alabama, occupation confectioner (lives with Mildred Wells, age 74) lives at 304 E. Oak St.

1930 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida

Jane F. Wells, age 84

Anna Harriso, age 76

Ella F Barnett, age 59, born Alabama, widowed, lodger

1940 Lakeland, Polk County, Florida

Dr. Charles Early, head of household

Robert R Blair, lodger, grove foreman, citrus grove

Rosie Blair, lodger's wife

Ella Barnett, age 69, born Alabama, lodger's wife sister, 321 West Peachtree Street, Tampa