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		<title>Randylyon at 16:53, 20 February 2024</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Barney, one of the Midwest&#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of [[W. J. BARNEY AND COMPANY]], he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb H.|Caleb H. BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;his &lt;/del&gt;partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-&lt;/ins&gt;-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Barney, one of the Midwest&#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of [[W. J. BARNEY AND COMPANY]], he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb H.|Caleb H. BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;their &lt;/ins&gt;partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A cultured person, Barney lavishly entertained Dubuque society. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A cultured person, Barney lavishly entertained Dubuque society. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Randylyon at 21:20, 14 December 2015</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;lavishly&lt;/del&gt;. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A cultured person, Barney &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;lavishly &lt;/ins&gt;entertained Dubuque society. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Randylyon at 02:25, 18 March 2011</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Randylyon at 21:15, 7 February 2010</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of W. J. Barney and Company, he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb H.|Caleb H. BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During his partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon. A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of W. J. Barney and Company, he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb H.|Caleb H. BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During his partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Randylyon at 18:47, 20 January 2010</title>
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		<updated>2010-01-20T18:47:23Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 18:47, 20 January 2010&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&amp;#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&amp;#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of W. J. Barney and Company, he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb H.|Caleb H. BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During his partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon. A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&amp;#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&amp;#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of W. J. Barney and Company, he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb H.|Caleb H. BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During his partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon. A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Randylyon at 02:29, 5 December 2008</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&amp;#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&amp;#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of W. J. Barney and Company, he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb H.|Caleb H. BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During his partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon. A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&amp;#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&amp;#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of W. J. Barney and Company, he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb H.|Caleb H. BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During his partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon. A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Randylyon at 01:16, 10 August 2008</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of W. J. Barney and Company, he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb|Caleb BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During his partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon. A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of W. J. Barney and Company, he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;H.&lt;/ins&gt;|Caleb &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;H. &lt;/ins&gt;BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During his partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon. A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Randylyon: New page: BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from...</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;New page: BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&amp;#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&amp;#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;BARNEY, William J. (Unknown-New York, NY, Jan. 6, 1886). Banker. Barney, one of the Midwest&amp;#039;s most talented draftsmen, was one of Dubuque&amp;#039;s most prominent land speculators and bankers from 1850 to 1862. In the firm of W. J. Barney and Company, he was an associate of [[BOOTH, Caleb|Caleb BOOTH]] in land and banking until 1857. During his partnership, transactions occurred involving an estimated 800,000 acres of land. Barney entered legal practice in the firm of Barney, Barker and Chaplain and later with an attorney named Dillon. A cultured person, Barney entertained Dubuque society lavishly. In 1862 he left the city for Chicago where he was equally successful.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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