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Note: (Research):Postmaster of the Plant City Post Office in 1910. "The mayor in 1908 was the former town clerk and lawyer, G.B. Wells. W.L. Lowry, former council member, was clerk-treasurer. J.S. Whitehurst was marshall." Source: p. 208, Quintilla Geer Bruton and David E. Bailey Jr., Plant City: Its Origin and History, Hunter Publishing Co., Winston Salem, NC. Funeral Services For C.E. Barnes To Be Held Wednesday (Special to the Tribune) Plant City, Aug. 28 -- Funeral services for Charles E. Barnes, prominent Republican leader and local real estate man, who died at his home here Monday, will be held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The services will be in charge of the Masonic order and interment will be made in Oaklawn cemetery. Telegrams have been received here by the relatives of the deceased man throughout the day from the different Republican leaders as well as numerous friends throughout the state expressive of the grief attending his unexpected death. It is expected that the funeral will be one of the largest ever held here. Source: Tampa Tribune (microfilm), date: 1923 8 29, p. F.N.-p.3.
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