Corporal William Henry Barrett

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1862; American Civil War (North) 14th NY Vols, Co. G Discharged 31 May 1865

Notes:

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.