I have discovered that MY Blanche Barnes b. 1880 was actually MARRIED to a Barnes and widowed before she married my BOTKIN. So now I'm trying to sort out what her maiden name was.
1900 Census, Miner, Miner, South Dakota, page 1A
Barnes, Horace R., head, Jul 1875, 24, m7yrs, IL IL IL, farmer
Ida M., wife, Oct 1877, 22, m7yrs, 2 children 2 living, IA NY Wales
Clarence W., son, Aug 1893, 6, SD
Glen R., son, JUl 1898, 1, SD
1910 Census, Clinton Twp, Miner, South Dakota, page 214B
Barnes, Blanche, head, 29, Widow, IA OH NY, School teacher
Glen, Stepson, 12, SD IL WI
Clarence, Stepson, 15, SD IL WI
(this is same place my William Cassius Botkin was in 1910)