| Obed Barney | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Office: | Member of the Massachusetts Senate Nantucket and Dukes County District |
| Term Start: | 1844 |
| Term End: | 1844 |
| Office2: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Nantucket District |
| Term Start2: | 1843 |
| Term End2: | 1843 |
Obed Barney was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and in the Massachusetts Senate.
Barney was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1843, and a member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Nantucket and Dukes County District in 1844.
Barney married Lavinia Coffin in Nantucket on January 15, 1832.[1]
In 1848 Barney's nephew Benjamin B. Myrick bought out a substantial lard oil business, with Barney becoming a partner in the business. The factory was destroyed by fire in 1855, but rebuilt with better equipment, and the partners sold the business in May 1857.[2]