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Corp William Henry Barrett

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Corp William Henry Barrett Veteran

Birth
East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York, USA
Death
22 May 1887 (aged 60–61)
East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York, USA
Burial
Bristol, Ontario County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.811348, Longitude: -77.3912506
Plot
D-2
Memorial ID
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Corp., Co. G, 14th NY Vol. Inf.
Aged 61 years
US Civil War
William H. Barrett was born in 1826 to Jonathon and Marilla Adams Barrett of East Bloomfield, Ontario County New York. He had two sisters, Jane Barrett who married a man by the name of Davis and Sarah who married a man named Francis.
William was a shoemaker by trade. He married in 1848 to Mary T. Gooding but she died a few months later of consumption. He then married Emeline Miller and together they had and raised nine children: Edson, William F.,Frederick, Spencer, John, Charles, Laura, Marilla and Mary.
William was called to duty during the Civil war enlisting in 1862 with the rank of Corporal by September,1862. Discharged May 31,1865.
No pictures have been found of him yet but at the age of 36 he was described on his muster roll as having Gray eyes, dark hair, light complexion, standing 5 feet 10inches.
William suffered the remainder of his life, following the war, of dysentary, dying May 22,1887.
Corp., Co. G, 14th NY Vol. Inf.
Aged 61 years
US Civil War
William H. Barrett was born in 1826 to Jonathon and Marilla Adams Barrett of East Bloomfield, Ontario County New York. He had two sisters, Jane Barrett who married a man by the name of Davis and Sarah who married a man named Francis.
William was a shoemaker by trade. He married in 1848 to Mary T. Gooding but she died a few months later of consumption. He then married Emeline Miller and together they had and raised nine children: Edson, William F.,Frederick, Spencer, John, Charles, Laura, Marilla and Mary.
William was called to duty during the Civil war enlisting in 1862 with the rank of Corporal by September,1862. Discharged May 31,1865.
No pictures have been found of him yet but at the age of 36 he was described on his muster roll as having Gray eyes, dark hair, light complexion, standing 5 feet 10inches.
William suffered the remainder of his life, following the war, of dysentary, dying May 22,1887.


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