- Name
- Marshall Barnes
- Position
- Forward
- Ht
- 5'8"
- Seasons
- 1922-23
- Birthday
- March 2, 1897
Marshall Barnes was born March 2, 1897 in Beaver Dam, Kentucky to John Hiram Barnes and Margaret Eblen Barnes. Barnes graduated from Beaver Dam High School in 1917.
Barnes entered UK in 1919 and was a forward for Kentucky during the early 1920s. He played on the team during the 1922-23 season seeing action in five games and scoring four points. As a junior at Kentucky, Barnes also served as president of UK’s student government and president of the YMCA. He was also a member of Phi Kappa Tau (a national social fraternity), Mystic Thirteen, Lamp and Cross, and Phi Alpha Delta, an honorary law fraternity.
Barnes received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Kentucky in 1924 and was admitted to the Kentucky Bar. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I and then entered the banking and insurance business with his father and brother. He was president of Beaver Dam Deposit Bank from 1940 to 1981. He became president after the death of his brother, Frank, who had taken over the bank in 1934 after the death of their father, John Hiram Barnes, who helped found the bank in 1890. He was also a former vice president of Owensboro National Bank. He served a 4-year term as a member of the state House of Representatives and had also been clerk of the House. He was formerly associated with Beaver Dam Mtg. and Supply Company, Royal Crown Bottling Company, John H. Barnes Insurance Agency and past President of KY Bankers Association.
Barnes was also politically active in Ohio County. He was a Democratic member of the state House of Representatives from 1932 to 1936, and he was clerk of the House from 1936 to 1938.
Barnes passed away on December 16, 1985 at the age of 88.
