[1] He was appointed associate justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court by President Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln's commander-in-chief, on March 24, 1873.
He was reappointed Associate Justice by President Rutherford B. Hayes in March, 1877, and replaced by Sanford A. Hudson of Wisconsin in 1881.
[3] He died in 1890 and is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
[4] He was married to Clarissa Hills, daughter of Fanny Alsmena Yale, and was a cousin of Capt.
[5] Barnes' son-in-law was Alfred Delavan Thomas, who served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, appointed by President Benjamin Harrison.