Background
Barnhardt, Jesse Homer was born on February 22, 1873 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jacob Rufus and Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Barnhardt.
Barnhardt, Jesse Homer was born on February 22, 1873 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jacob Rufus and Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Barnhardt.
Student North Carolina College, Mount Pleasant, 1892-1894. Bachelor of Arts, Duke U., 1899. Doctor of Divinity, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Winchester, 1926.
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1899. Pastor successively High Point, Asheville, Greensboro, and Charlotte—all North Carolina, until 1925. Pastor at Salisbury, North Carolina, 1929-1931, Reidsville, North Carolina, 1931-1933, Grace Church, Wilmington, 1933-1935.
President Conference Board Church Extension and member board education, Western North Carolina Conference, Mechanical Engineering Church, S. Member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Atlanta, Georgia., 1918, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1922, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1924, Memphis, Tennessee, 1926, Birmingham, Alabama, 1938. Presiding elder Greensboro and Winston-Salem districts.
Later presiding elder Raleigh District. Now pastor Rockigham (North Carolina) Methodist Church. Attended Ecumenical Conference of Methodism, London, 1921.
Author: Looking Them Over, 1931.
Member General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Atlanta, Georgia., 1918, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1922, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1924, Memphis, Tennessee, 1926, Birmingham, Alabama, 1938. Member Duke University Commission, Interchurch Commission Trustee Emory University, Duke U., Davenport College, Lenoir, North Carolina. Mason, Odd.
Married Hattie Misenheimer, May 1, 1900.; married second, Bertha Reinhardt, February 25, 1928. Children: Mary Bess (Mistress W. Banks Wilson), Max Lloyd, Margaret Reamy.
