Honey Barnes

John Francis "Honey" Barnes was an American Major League Baseball catcher. Barnes played for the New York Yankees in the season. A native of Fulton, New York in Oswego County, Barnes appeared in one game for the franchise, April 20, 1926, getting a walk in a single at bat. Barnes played college baseball for Colgate University. In 1922, he was the only freshman to make the team.
After baseball, Barnes began working at Bell Aircraft, a radiator company and would eventually work the Niagara County Department of Social Services. Barnes died in Lockport, New York on June 18, 1981 after a brief illness. His wife, Helen, died in 1965. He would be buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Fulton.