Speiser Precinct, Richardson County, Nebraska
Census noted in 1860 listed Mary E. (Lookenbill) to have been born in Nebraska and was 4 years old in that Census.
The Arkansas Certificate of Death list Mary Elizabeth Barnes death as Senility with Cardio Renal Involvement. The certificate was sign by C.S. Crockett of Lincoln, Washington County, ARkansas.
BARNES, Marion Lafayette - Mrs. Mary E. Barnes, widow of M.L. Barnes, who died November 21, 1922, submitted Widow Application #26350 for a Confederate widow pension and it was allowed when received by the State, citing her husband’s service with Company I, 1stArkansas Infantry from 1862 thru 1865. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives]
BARNES, Mary Elizabeth Choate - Mrs. Chandler's Mother Passes - Mrs. Mary Elizabeth C. Barnes Dies At Lincoln Sunday: Is Buried Tuesday - Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Choate Barnes, 77, mother of Mrs. J.W. Chandler of Fayetteville, died at her home in Lincoln Sunday after a lingering illness.
Funeral services were held at the First Methodist Church at Lincoln, Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 with the pastor, Rev. H.H. Hunt, in charge. Interment was in the family cemetery at White Rock. Six grandsons were pallbearers: Herbert, Newt and Fay Chandler of Fayetteville; Sam Choate of Rogers, Everett Barnes of Lincoln and R.D. Goff of Little Rock.
Besides her daughter here, she is survived by two other daughters, Mrs. J.A. Adair of Stillwell, Oklahoma and Mrs. N.H. Anderson of lincoln, and by two brothers, C.N. and Bert Luginbuel of Lincoln. Other of her grandchildren from here attending the funeral were Miss Anna Mae Chandler, Mrs. O.H. Gamble of Rogers and Mrs. Irvin Fitzgerald of Springdale. [Fayetteville Democrat 9/7/1933]