Comments on: Have a Barney!* http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/ A Mormon Blog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:20:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Robert C. http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115119 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:04:42 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115119 Can you guys please refrain from beard discussion in this public forum? I’m still suffering from beard envy (with a red neck to prove it) here at the Lord’s university….

]]> By: Nate Oman http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115118 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 19:26:52 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115118 “We are, in all ways, not worthy.”

Indeed. Blogging bearded Mormon lawyers are the best…

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115117 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:59:45 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115117 Thanks for that info, JA. That strikes me as a possible link.

Mark B., I know Carey, but we’re not related as far as I know. I don’t think he’s in Chicago anymore; I want to say he moved to California.

]]> By: JA Benson http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115116 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:35:47 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115116 If your ancestors were a little on the outlaw side it is quite possible they associated with the Lewis Barneys :)
My husband Mike is a descendant of Lewis Barney. Lewis was a honest, but rough frontier man. His younger brother was Thomas Jefferson Barney. Jeff Barney as he was known ran with the Ike Potter Cattle Rustling Gang in Utah County. This gang was made up of Indians and whites alike. At age 29 Jeff felt the need to repent of his outlaw activities. Jeff left the gang and confessed his sins to his Bishop. On December 9, 1862 he was murdered by the gang (See One Side by Himself by Ronald O. Barney Pages 187-188).

]]> By: Mark B. http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115115 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:15:03 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115115 Kevin, I think that they’d have to change the name from Wacker Drive to Wanker Drive.

]]> By: Mark B. http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115114 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:13:45 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115114 I guess you’re also not a relative of Carey Barney, another LDS attorney in Chicago. He was a few years behind me at the obscure law school down in Hyde Park.

]]> By: Kaimi http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115113 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 22:42:29 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115113 Great addition, BCC. I always enjoy your comments, Kevin, and I enjoyed your stint at T&S. I’ve followed your guest posts here, and I’m not at all surprised that they’ve decided to bring you aboard as a full co-conspirator.

I do hope they told you about the goat sacrifices _before_ you signed the dotted line.

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115112 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:48:10 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115112 John, a lot of people think I look like Vlade Divac. When I was YMP the boys affectionately called me “Vlade,” which I got a kick out of.

JA, no, I’m not related to Lewis Barney. Ron Barney, the Church archivist, is and wrote a biography of him. My paternal line was Danish and named Stockfisch until late in the 19th century, when some brothers (I think they were criminals of some sort) had a falling out with the rest of the family and changed their name to “Barney.” I have no idea why they chose that name; I’ve always liked to imagine that they knew and liked some of the Mormon Barney clan, but that is pure speculation.

]]> By: JA Benson http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115111 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:05:54 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115111 Kevin I greatly enjoy your comments. BTW Are you one of the Barney’s who are related to the LDS pioneer Lewis Barney?

]]> By: John Mansifeld http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/05/have-a-barney/#comment-115110 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:52:51 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/04/have-a-barney/#comment-115110 My instant, pointless reaction, less relevant than “Have a Barney,” though connected in nationality.

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