What did his son (John Ford Barnes) do in New Orleans in the period before his death in 1846?

In a letter in a previous post Jack Leddy asked this question:  "What did his son (John Ford Barnes [son of Captain John Barnes]) do in New Orleans in the period before his death in 1846?"  We now know that answer to that.  He opened another hotel, and then another.  Anthony Parone, a fourth cousin also descended from John Ford Barnes, did the research on this. Here are two notices, one of the new Commercial Hotel in 1844, and one of the sale of another hotel, Notre Dame Hotel, upon the death of John Ford Barnes.  Anthony also provided a copy of his death certificate.   

"Mr. John F. Barnes has taken the “Commercial Hotel,” corner of Girod and New Levee streets which he opened last evening as a house of entertainment.  Mr Barnes knows how to do the thing in the handsome way, and he intends to make his terms reasonable.”  11/1/1844 Times-Picayune, New Orleans

":To Hotel and Tavern Keepers.  For Sale - A Bargain - The lease of the well known Notre Dame Hotel with the commodious Bar Room Fixtures and Household and Kitchen Furniture, with or without four House Servants.  For particulars apply on the premises, corner of Notre Dame and Tchoupatoulus Streets my 28 St."  May 30, 1847  Times Picayune

John Ford Barnes death certificate

Incidentally, two years later the Commercial Hotel was a stopping point for Californians heading to the gold rush.  “They are all stopping, previous to their departure, at the Commercial Hotel, corner of Girod and New Levee streets.”  This taken from "California Bound" S. F. Genealogy  New York Herald, New York, New York, Feb. 22, 1849.