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My wife was a Barnard. Related to George's brother and business partner Charles. The story of Juanita Barnard, captured by Indians and ransomed by the Barnard's for cash and horses, is also very interesting. After Texas independence the Republic of Texas requested a military liaison from th US due to continued problems with native American tribes. He mentioned in his notes of two notorious traders, George and Charles Barnard, selling and bartering alcohol and firearms to the Indians being a cause of many skirmishes in what is now the Glen Rose, TX area.