Charles Neal Barney

{{Infobox Officeholder

| name =Charles Neal Barney

| image =Charles Neal Barney.png

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| office =31st
Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts

| term_start =1906

| term_end =1907

| predecessor =Henry W. Eastham

| successor =Thomas F. Porter

| office2 =President of the
Lynn, Massachusetts
Common Council{{Citation | last=Tucker | first= Charles H. | page =338 | publisher =The City Documents Comprising the Annual Reports for 1916| location = Lynn, MA | year = 1917}}

| term_start2 =1901

| term_end2 =1901

| predecessor2 =Henry W. Eastham

| successor2 =William A. Willey{{Citation | last=Tucker | first= Charles H. | page =339 | publisher =The City Documents Comprising the Annual Reports for 1916| location = Lynn, MA | year = 1917}}

| office3 =Member of the
Lynn, Massachusetts
Common Council
Ward Four{{Citation | last=The Celebration Committee| title = City of Lynn Massachusetts Semi-Centennial of Incorporation. | page = 271 | publisher =The Celebration Committee | location = Lynn, MA | year = 1900}}

| term_start3 =1901{{Citation | last=Marquis |first=Albert Nelson| title = Who's Who in New England, Volume 3 2nd. ed.| page = 78 | publisher = A. N. Marquis & Company| location = Chicago, IL | year = 1915}}

| term_end3 =1904

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 =

|party=Republican

| birth_date =June 27, 1875

| birth_place =

| death_date =April 24, 1949{{Citation | last=Sauer |first=Anne| title = Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History | publisher =Tufts University | location = Medford, MA | year = 2000}}

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| occupation =

| spouse =Maizie Blaikie

| children =

|alma_mater=Tufts College,
Boston University School of Law

}}

Charles Neal Barney (June 27, 1875 – April 24, 1949) was a Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the Common Council and as the 31st Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

Biography

Barney was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on June 27, 1875, to William M. Barney and Mary L. Neal.{{Citation | last=Schwarz |first=Julius Caesar| title = Who's Who in law. Vol. 1 | page = 58 | location = Lynn, MA | year = 1937}} He was the grandson of Lynn's tenth mayor Peter Morrell Neal.{{Citation | last=Sellew |first=Edwin P.| title = The Friend, Volume LXXXI No. 21| page = 167 | publisher =Edwin P. Sellew | location = Philadelphia, MA | year = 1907}}

Barney graduated from Tufts College receiving his A.B. in 1895 and his A.M., in 1909. While at Tufts Barney joined Theta Delta Chi. Barney received his law degree (LL.B.) from Boston University School of Law in 1898. In 1900, he formed a partnership with Henry T. Lummus.{{cite news |title=The Bar at Large |work=The American Lawyer |date=November 1900}}

Barney married Maizie Blaikie in Malden, Massachusetts, on June 27, 1901.

From 1908 to 1918 Barney taught Equity at Northeastern University School of Law.

Barney was a member of the Lynn Common Council from 1901 to 1904, mayor of Lynn from 1906 to 1907, and a Presidential Elector in 1908.

In 1918 Barney went to work as the chief counsel and secretary for the New Jersey–based Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation. In 1942 Barney was elected as the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation's vice-president and secretary.

Barney, who was a great nephew of Maria Mitchell,{{Citation | last=Officers and Board of Managers| title = Annual Report of the Maria Mitchell Association, vol. 47 | page = 10 | publisher =Maria Mitchell Association | location = Nantucket, MA | year = 1949}} and from 1947 to 1949 served as a president of the Maria Mitchell Association.{{Citation | last=Sauer |first=Anne| title = Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History | publisher = Tufts University | location = Medford, MA | year = 2000}}

He died on April 24, 1949.