Obituary of Alonzo Barrett, published in the Portland Observer, July 4, 1912:
"Alonzo Barrett, a resident of this vicinity for 68 years, expired at his home in Culvertown (Lyons Rd area) shortly after the noon hour Saturday, following a long up-hill fight with dropsy.
Funeral services were conducted from the M.E. church Monday at 2:30, Rev. David E. Millard officiating, and the remains were laid to rest in Portland cemetery.
Mr. Barrett was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 12, 1841, coming to Michigan with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Barrett, in 1844, the family settling in Orange township. Mr. Barrett resided there until about ten years ago, when he located in this village. Of seven children in the Barrett family, but two are now living. They are O. Barrett, of Grand Rapids, who has been at the bedside of his brother for several weeks, and Mrs. Lester Wakely, of Portland.
Mr. Barrett never married, spending many years of his life in complete solitude. He was an active member of the local G.A.R. Post, his surviving comrades and members of the W.R.C. attending his funeral in a body.
Mr. Barrett enlisted as a corporal in the 9th Michigan Infantry on Sept. 5, 1861, serving throughout the war. From the rank of corporal he was promoted to second sergeant, then to first sergeant and later advanced to second lieutenant of Co. D. He was mustered Sept. 15, 1865. Although Mr. Barrett had a number of peculiarities those who knew him best were his closest friends and his demise is deeply mourned.
At the funeral services Monday afternoon six surviving members of Mr. Barrett's company acted as pallbearers.
They were A. S. Bunnell and Daniel Boyden, of Lyons, John W. Klotz, Daniel F. Saxton, James Jordan and W. G. Miner."
Additonal information:
Veteran of the Civil War; 9th Infantry; Company D.
Lieutenant Alonzo Barrett, CO D, 9th Michigan Infantry, Portland, Michigan
Buried next to his brother Ebenezer Barrett. "Soldiers of 1861." The Ninth Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, and was mustered into the United States service on Oct. 15, 1861, with an enrollment of 913 officers and men. Immediately upon its completion the Regiment was ordered to Kentucky, being one of the first Michigan regiments to report for duty in the Western Department. In November, 1861, the regiment was at West Point, Ky., where it assisted in fortifying Muldraugh Hill, building roads and bridges. Detachments of the Ninth were sent to Elizabethtown, Ky. and other places surrounding West Point, Ky., where their presence was necessary to gain information, while protecting the countryside from marauding Confederate forces. Colonel W. W. Duffield, having been assigned the 23rd Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Parkhurst assumed command of the Ninth and assembling his Regiment at West Point, where it embarked on the Ohio river, proceeding to Nashville, arriving there on Jan. 23, 1862. The Regiment participated on the march through Kentucky after the Confederate General John Morgan, assisting the 23rd Brigade in driving the notorious raider from the state. In June, the Ninth formed a part of a force of 9,000 troops under command of General Negley, then commenced a movement to capture Chattanooga, Tenn.
Note: SUVCW National Registry.
Alonzo, Oliver and Ebenezer were the sons of Ebenezer and Rebecca Barrett.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
"Alonzo Barrett, a resident of this vicinity for 68 years, expired at his home in Culvertown (Lyons Rd area) shortly after the noon hour Saturday, following a long up-hill fight with dropsy.
Funeral services were conducted from the M.E. church Monday at 2:30, Rev. David E. Millard officiating, and the remains were laid to rest in Portland cemetery.
Mr. Barrett was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 12, 1841, coming to Michigan with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Barrett, in 1844, the family settling in Orange township. Mr. Barrett resided there until about ten years ago, when he located in this village. Of seven children in the Barrett family, but two are now living. They are O. Barrett, of Grand Rapids, who has been at the bedside of his brother for several weeks, and Mrs. Lester Wakely, of Portland.
Mr. Barrett never married, spending many years of his life in complete solitude. He was an active member of the local G.A.R. Post, his surviving comrades and members of the W.R.C. attending his funeral in a body.
Mr. Barrett enlisted as a corporal in the 9th Michigan Infantry on Sept. 5, 1861, serving throughout the war. From the rank of corporal he was promoted to second sergeant, then to first sergeant and later advanced to second lieutenant of Co. D. He was mustered Sept. 15, 1865. Although Mr. Barrett had a number of peculiarities those who knew him best were his closest friends and his demise is deeply mourned.
At the funeral services Monday afternoon six surviving members of Mr. Barrett's company acted as pallbearers.
They were A. S. Bunnell and Daniel Boyden, of Lyons, John W. Klotz, Daniel F. Saxton, James Jordan and W. G. Miner."
Additonal information:
Veteran of the Civil War; 9th Infantry; Company D.
Lieutenant Alonzo Barrett, CO D, 9th Michigan Infantry, Portland, Michigan
Buried next to his brother Ebenezer Barrett. "Soldiers of 1861." The Ninth Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, and was mustered into the United States service on Oct. 15, 1861, with an enrollment of 913 officers and men. Immediately upon its completion the Regiment was ordered to Kentucky, being one of the first Michigan regiments to report for duty in the Western Department. In November, 1861, the regiment was at West Point, Ky., where it assisted in fortifying Muldraugh Hill, building roads and bridges. Detachments of the Ninth were sent to Elizabethtown, Ky. and other places surrounding West Point, Ky., where their presence was necessary to gain information, while protecting the countryside from marauding Confederate forces. Colonel W. W. Duffield, having been assigned the 23rd Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Parkhurst assumed command of the Ninth and assembling his Regiment at West Point, where it embarked on the Ohio river, proceeding to Nashville, arriving there on Jan. 23, 1862. The Regiment participated on the march through Kentucky after the Confederate General John Morgan, assisting the 23rd Brigade in driving the notorious raider from the state. In June, the Ninth formed a part of a force of 9,000 troops under command of General Negley, then commenced a movement to capture Chattanooga, Tenn.
Note: SUVCW National Registry.
Alonzo, Oliver and Ebenezer were the sons of Ebenezer and Rebecca Barrett.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
Obituary of Alonzo Barrett, published in the Portland Observer, July 4, 1912:
"Alonzo Barrett, a resident of this vicinity for 68 years, expired at his home in Culvertown (Lyons Rd area) shortly after the noon hour Saturday, following a long up-hill fight with dropsy.
Funeral services were conducted from the M.E. church Monday at 2:30, Rev. David E. Millard officiating, and the remains were laid to rest in Portland cemetery.
Mr. Barrett was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 12, 1841, coming to Michigan with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Barrett, in 1844, the family settling in Orange township. Mr. Barrett resided there until about ten years ago, when he located in this village. Of seven children in the Barrett family, but two are now living. They are O. Barrett, of Grand Rapids, who has been at the bedside of his brother for several weeks, and Mrs. Lester Wakely, of Portland.
Mr. Barrett never married, spending many years of his life in complete solitude. He was an active member of the local G.A.R. Post, his surviving comrades and members of the W.R.C. attending his funeral in a body.
Mr. Barrett enlisted as a corporal in the 9th Michigan Infantry on Sept. 5, 1861, serving throughout the war. From the rank of corporal he was promoted to second sergeant, then to first sergeant and later advanced to second lieutenant of Co. D. He was mustered Sept. 15, 1865. Although Mr. Barrett had a number of peculiarities those who knew him best were his closest friends and his demise is deeply mourned.
At the funeral services Monday afternoon six surviving members of Mr. Barrett's company acted as pallbearers.
They were A. S. Bunnell and Daniel Boyden, of Lyons, John W. Klotz, Daniel F. Saxton, James Jordan and W. G. Miner."
Additonal information:
Veteran of the Civil War; 9th Infantry; Company D.
Lieutenant Alonzo Barrett, CO D, 9th Michigan Infantry, Portland, Michigan
Buried next to his brother Ebenezer Barrett. "Soldiers of 1861." The Ninth Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, and was mustered into the United States service on Oct. 15, 1861, with an enrollment of 913 officers and men. Immediately upon its completion the Regiment was ordered to Kentucky, being one of the first Michigan regiments to report for duty in the Western Department. In November, 1861, the regiment was at West Point, Ky., where it assisted in fortifying Muldraugh Hill, building roads and bridges. Detachments of the Ninth were sent to Elizabethtown, Ky. and other places surrounding West Point, Ky., where their presence was necessary to gain information, while protecting the countryside from marauding Confederate forces. Colonel W. W. Duffield, having been assigned the 23rd Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Parkhurst assumed command of the Ninth and assembling his Regiment at West Point, where it embarked on the Ohio river, proceeding to Nashville, arriving there on Jan. 23, 1862. The Regiment participated on the march through Kentucky after the Confederate General John Morgan, assisting the 23rd Brigade in driving the notorious raider from the state. In June, the Ninth formed a part of a force of 9,000 troops under command of General Negley, then commenced a movement to capture Chattanooga, Tenn.
Note: SUVCW National Registry.
Alonzo, Oliver and Ebenezer were the sons of Ebenezer and Rebecca Barrett.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
"Alonzo Barrett, a resident of this vicinity for 68 years, expired at his home in Culvertown (Lyons Rd area) shortly after the noon hour Saturday, following a long up-hill fight with dropsy.
Funeral services were conducted from the M.E. church Monday at 2:30, Rev. David E. Millard officiating, and the remains were laid to rest in Portland cemetery.
Mr. Barrett was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 12, 1841, coming to Michigan with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Barrett, in 1844, the family settling in Orange township. Mr. Barrett resided there until about ten years ago, when he located in this village. Of seven children in the Barrett family, but two are now living. They are O. Barrett, of Grand Rapids, who has been at the bedside of his brother for several weeks, and Mrs. Lester Wakely, of Portland.
Mr. Barrett never married, spending many years of his life in complete solitude. He was an active member of the local G.A.R. Post, his surviving comrades and members of the W.R.C. attending his funeral in a body.
Mr. Barrett enlisted as a corporal in the 9th Michigan Infantry on Sept. 5, 1861, serving throughout the war. From the rank of corporal he was promoted to second sergeant, then to first sergeant and later advanced to second lieutenant of Co. D. He was mustered Sept. 15, 1865. Although Mr. Barrett had a number of peculiarities those who knew him best were his closest friends and his demise is deeply mourned.
At the funeral services Monday afternoon six surviving members of Mr. Barrett's company acted as pallbearers.
They were A. S. Bunnell and Daniel Boyden, of Lyons, John W. Klotz, Daniel F. Saxton, James Jordan and W. G. Miner."
Additonal information:
Veteran of the Civil War; 9th Infantry; Company D.
Lieutenant Alonzo Barrett, CO D, 9th Michigan Infantry, Portland, Michigan
Buried next to his brother Ebenezer Barrett. "Soldiers of 1861." The Ninth Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, and was mustered into the United States service on Oct. 15, 1861, with an enrollment of 913 officers and men. Immediately upon its completion the Regiment was ordered to Kentucky, being one of the first Michigan regiments to report for duty in the Western Department. In November, 1861, the regiment was at West Point, Ky., where it assisted in fortifying Muldraugh Hill, building roads and bridges. Detachments of the Ninth were sent to Elizabethtown, Ky. and other places surrounding West Point, Ky., where their presence was necessary to gain information, while protecting the countryside from marauding Confederate forces. Colonel W. W. Duffield, having been assigned the 23rd Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Parkhurst assumed command of the Ninth and assembling his Regiment at West Point, where it embarked on the Ohio river, proceeding to Nashville, arriving there on Jan. 23, 1862. The Regiment participated on the march through Kentucky after the Confederate General John Morgan, assisting the 23rd Brigade in driving the notorious raider from the state. In June, the Ninth formed a part of a force of 9,000 troops under command of General Negley, then commenced a movement to capture Chattanooga, Tenn.
Note: SUVCW National Registry.
Alonzo, Oliver and Ebenezer were the sons of Ebenezer and Rebecca Barrett.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
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