From the July, 1916 issue of the Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Journal, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers:
Dunkirk, NY, May 24, 1916, Brother J.C. Barnes, member of Div. 47, killed himself at age 64. He was admitted into the Brotherhood on Oct. 21, 1893. A $3,000 insurance policy from the Brotherhood was paid to his son and daughter-in-law.