Early Life and Marriage
Charles T. Barney was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Ashbel H. Barney and Susan (Tracy) Barney. His father was a successful forwarding and commission merchant. In 1857 the family moved to New York City, where Ashbel Barney was a director (1859–83), vice president (1867–69) and president (1869–70) of Wells Fargo & Company.
Barney attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, graduating in 1870. Following graduation he moved to New York and entered banking. Barney married Laurinda Collins "Lily" Whitney, the sister of William Collins Whitney, the patriarch of the Whitney family. The Barneys were the parents of two sons and two daughters:
- James W. Barney (b. 1878)
- Helen Tracy Barney (b. 1882) - married (1) Archibald S. Alexander; (2) Frederick N. Watriss
- Katherine Barney (b. 1885) - married Courtlandt Dixon Barnes
- Ashbel H. Barney II (b. 1887)
Through his daughter Helen, Barney was the grandfather of Archibald S. Alexander (1906-1979), Under Secretary of the Army in the Truman Administration.
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