Mississippi natives Jacob Pope Barnes (1832-1877) and Elizabeth Ann Rankin (1834-1912) were married on June 21, 1860. They moved to Texas in 1866 and came to Trinity in 1872. Jacob opened a mercantile store in partnership with Frank Lister and was serving as county treasurer when he died. Widowed at age 43, Elizabeth raised nine children and operated the mercantile store with the help of her eldest son, Samuel Edward (1861-1914).