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Benjamin Franklin Barnhart

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Benjamin Franklin Barnhart

Birth
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
27 Aug 1891 (aged 64)
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Section 15, Lot 1
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Benjamin served as a private with the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company G (Civil War). He also served as a musician with the 177th Pennsylvania, Company F.

Additional information courtesy of Dennis Brandt:

Barnhart, he married Matilda C. Helm and fathered Harry E. (b. @1858), Clarence H. (b. @1861), Laurence Howard (b. @1863), Benjamin Franklin "Frank" (b. 03/07/66), William Van Scyoc (b. 04/18/68), John Rudolphus (b. 08/12/70), Grace E. C. (b. 12/??/72), Mary Susan (b. 04/??/75 - married Frank L. Smiley), Florence Helen (b. 10/??/77), and Monetta or Neonetta S. (b. 03/15/81 - married Eugene Edwin Long and Edwin W. Shoop). In 1860, was a millwright living in Toboyne Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 10" tall with dark hair and blue eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg December 3 as a musician with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863. He also enlisted in Harrisburg August 31, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 5 as a private with Co. G, 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 1, 1865.

Benjamin served as a private with the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company G (Civil War). He also served as a musician with the 177th Pennsylvania, Company F.

Additional information courtesy of Dennis Brandt:

Barnhart, he married Matilda C. Helm and fathered Harry E. (b. @1858), Clarence H. (b. @1861), Laurence Howard (b. @1863), Benjamin Franklin "Frank" (b. 03/07/66), William Van Scyoc (b. 04/18/68), John Rudolphus (b. 08/12/70), Grace E. C. (b. 12/??/72), Mary Susan (b. 04/??/75 - married Frank L. Smiley), Florence Helen (b. 10/??/77), and Monetta or Neonetta S. (b. 03/15/81 - married Eugene Edwin Long and Edwin W. Shoop). In 1860, was a millwright living in Toboyne Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 10" tall with dark hair and blue eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Perry County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg December 3 as a musician with Co. F, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863. He also enlisted in Harrisburg August 31, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 5 as a private with Co. G, 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 1, 1865.

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