Residence Silver Lake, IN;
Civil War Veteran.
Residence Kosciusko County IN;
Enlisted in the 12th Indiana Infantry Company F from 6/20/1862 to 12/7/1863.
Enlisted on 5/27/1864 as a Private.
On 5/27/1864 he mustered into "E" Co. 138th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 9/30/1864 at Indianapolis, IN
Enlisted on 11/30/1864 as a Private.
On 11/30/1864 he mustered into "A" Co. 26th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 11/29/1865.
SYLVESTER BARBER, an active and enterprising farmer, is a native of Kosciusko County, Indiana, born in Seward Township October 31, 1845, a son of Milo and Miranda (Butler) Barber, who are among the old and honored pioneers of the county. Sylvester was reared on the homestead farm where he now resides, and received a good common-school education in the schools of his native county. He was united in marriage June 13, 1870, to Miss Clarissa E. Stevens, and soon after his marriage he and his wife moved to Polk County, Nebraska, is remaining there eighteen months, when he returned to the home of his boyhood, and has since managed the home farm.
He and five of his brothers were among the gallant soldiers who went in defense of their country's flag. He participated in some of the most severe battles of the war, and at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, he was taken prisoner, but was soon after paroled and sent back. After he was exchanged he rejoined his regiment, and was with Grant's army at the siege of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi, and from the latter place he was sent to
Nashville, where he remained till his discharge. The privations and hardships he experienced while in the service so reduced him in flesh that when he returned from Nashville his weight was only eighty-five pounds. Full of patriotism, he had scarcely regained his strength until he re-enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and at the expiration of his term of service he again enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, in which he remained till the close of the war. During the last campaign he participated in the engagements at Mobile, Alabama, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. Mrs. Barber died in 1878, leaving at her death three children - Abi, Walter and Arthur. Mr. Barber was again married March 24, 1880, to Miss Minerva J. Calahan, of Marshall County, Indiana.
Source: Biographical & Historical Record of Kosciusko Co., IN.; Lewis Publishing Co., 1887
Civil War Veteran.
Residence Kosciusko County IN;
Enlisted in the 12th Indiana Infantry Company F from 6/20/1862 to 12/7/1863.
Enlisted on 5/27/1864 as a Private.
On 5/27/1864 he mustered into "E" Co. 138th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 9/30/1864 at Indianapolis, IN
Enlisted on 11/30/1864 as a Private.
On 11/30/1864 he mustered into "A" Co. 26th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 11/29/1865.
SYLVESTER BARBER, an active and enterprising farmer, is a native of Kosciusko County, Indiana, born in Seward Township October 31, 1845, a son of Milo and Miranda (Butler) Barber, who are among the old and honored pioneers of the county. Sylvester was reared on the homestead farm where he now resides, and received a good common-school education in the schools of his native county. He was united in marriage June 13, 1870, to Miss Clarissa E. Stevens, and soon after his marriage he and his wife moved to Polk County, Nebraska, is remaining there eighteen months, when he returned to the home of his boyhood, and has since managed the home farm.
He and five of his brothers were among the gallant soldiers who went in defense of their country's flag. He participated in some of the most severe battles of the war, and at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, he was taken prisoner, but was soon after paroled and sent back. After he was exchanged he rejoined his regiment, and was with Grant's army at the siege of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi, and from the latter place he was sent to
Nashville, where he remained till his discharge. The privations and hardships he experienced while in the service so reduced him in flesh that when he returned from Nashville his weight was only eighty-five pounds. Full of patriotism, he had scarcely regained his strength until he re-enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and at the expiration of his term of service he again enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, in which he remained till the close of the war. During the last campaign he participated in the engagements at Mobile, Alabama, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. Mrs. Barber died in 1878, leaving at her death three children - Abi, Walter and Arthur. Mr. Barber was again married March 24, 1880, to Miss Minerva J. Calahan, of Marshall County, Indiana.
Source: Biographical & Historical Record of Kosciusko Co., IN.; Lewis Publishing Co., 1887
Residence Silver Lake, IN;
Civil War Veteran.
Residence Kosciusko County IN;
Enlisted in the 12th Indiana Infantry Company F from 6/20/1862 to 12/7/1863.
Enlisted on 5/27/1864 as a Private.
On 5/27/1864 he mustered into "E" Co. 138th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 9/30/1864 at Indianapolis, IN
Enlisted on 11/30/1864 as a Private.
On 11/30/1864 he mustered into "A" Co. 26th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 11/29/1865.
SYLVESTER BARBER, an active and enterprising farmer, is a native of Kosciusko County, Indiana, born in Seward Township October 31, 1845, a son of Milo and Miranda (Butler) Barber, who are among the old and honored pioneers of the county. Sylvester was reared on the homestead farm where he now resides, and received a good common-school education in the schools of his native county. He was united in marriage June 13, 1870, to Miss Clarissa E. Stevens, and soon after his marriage he and his wife moved to Polk County, Nebraska, is remaining there eighteen months, when he returned to the home of his boyhood, and has since managed the home farm.
He and five of his brothers were among the gallant soldiers who went in defense of their country's flag. He participated in some of the most severe battles of the war, and at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, he was taken prisoner, but was soon after paroled and sent back. After he was exchanged he rejoined his regiment, and was with Grant's army at the siege of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi, and from the latter place he was sent to
Nashville, where he remained till his discharge. The privations and hardships he experienced while in the service so reduced him in flesh that when he returned from Nashville his weight was only eighty-five pounds. Full of patriotism, he had scarcely regained his strength until he re-enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and at the expiration of his term of service he again enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, in which he remained till the close of the war. During the last campaign he participated in the engagements at Mobile, Alabama, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. Mrs. Barber died in 1878, leaving at her death three children - Abi, Walter and Arthur. Mr. Barber was again married March 24, 1880, to Miss Minerva J. Calahan, of Marshall County, Indiana.
Source: Biographical & Historical Record of Kosciusko Co., IN.; Lewis Publishing Co., 1887
Civil War Veteran.
Residence Kosciusko County IN;
Enlisted in the 12th Indiana Infantry Company F from 6/20/1862 to 12/7/1863.
Enlisted on 5/27/1864 as a Private.
On 5/27/1864 he mustered into "E" Co. 138th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 9/30/1864 at Indianapolis, IN
Enlisted on 11/30/1864 as a Private.
On 11/30/1864 he mustered into "A" Co. 26th Indiana Infantry.
He was Mustered Out on 11/29/1865.
SYLVESTER BARBER, an active and enterprising farmer, is a native of Kosciusko County, Indiana, born in Seward Township October 31, 1845, a son of Milo and Miranda (Butler) Barber, who are among the old and honored pioneers of the county. Sylvester was reared on the homestead farm where he now resides, and received a good common-school education in the schools of his native county. He was united in marriage June 13, 1870, to Miss Clarissa E. Stevens, and soon after his marriage he and his wife moved to Polk County, Nebraska, is remaining there eighteen months, when he returned to the home of his boyhood, and has since managed the home farm.
He and five of his brothers were among the gallant soldiers who went in defense of their country's flag. He participated in some of the most severe battles of the war, and at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, he was taken prisoner, but was soon after paroled and sent back. After he was exchanged he rejoined his regiment, and was with Grant's army at the siege of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi, and from the latter place he was sent to
Nashville, where he remained till his discharge. The privations and hardships he experienced while in the service so reduced him in flesh that when he returned from Nashville his weight was only eighty-five pounds. Full of patriotism, he had scarcely regained his strength until he re-enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and at the expiration of his term of service he again enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, in which he remained till the close of the war. During the last campaign he participated in the engagements at Mobile, Alabama, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. Mrs. Barber died in 1878, leaving at her death three children - Abi, Walter and Arthur. Mr. Barber was again married March 24, 1880, to Miss Minerva J. Calahan, of Marshall County, Indiana.
Source: Biographical & Historical Record of Kosciusko Co., IN.; Lewis Publishing Co., 1887
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