Morvalden Barnes (1843 - 1863)

Born 1843 in Bridgewater, Windsor County, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Morvalden was a son of Erastus O. Barnes and his wife Sophronia, born in about 1843 in Bridgewater, Vermont. He was their only child.^[1]

In August 1850 the U.S. Census recorded "Movalaine Barnes" age 7, in Bridgewater, Vermont, in the household of 42-year-old farmer Erastus O. Barnes and Sophrona W. Barnes, 36. Children in the household were Movalaine Barnes (male), 7; and Charlotte E. White, 13, both attending school. ^[2] Some time thereafter, the family removed to Stockbridge, Vermont, where they lived "on the road to Pittsfield."^[1]

The 1860 U.S. Census recorded 52-year-old Otis Barnes, Sophrona Barnes, 48, and Morvaldon Barnes, 17, in Stockbridge, Vermont. Otis Barnes was recorded as a marble worker and Morvaldon Barnes was a farm laborer. ^[3]

Private Morvalden Barnes served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Sep 08 1862
Mustered out: Apr 06 1863
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 4th Vermont Infantry, 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery

Morvalden Barnes died from disease while in military service in the American Civil War and was buried near Washington, DC.^[1] He had served as a private in Company E, 4th Vermont Infantry.^[4][5][6] The National Park Service also lists Morvalden Barnes as a private in the 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery,^[7] which had duty in the defenses of Washington from September 1862 to May 1864.^[8] In Three Blackmore Genealogies, Alven M. Smith reported that Fred Barnes, son of a cousin of Morvalden, had a letter that Morvalden had written on 24 December 1863 [this probably should be 1862] in which he wrote of a battle near Fredericksburg. Alven Smith stated that the cause of death was chronic diarrhea.^[1] His parents Erastus O. Barnes and Sophronia W. Barnes claimed a pension as his dependents. .^[5] His record on the Vermont in the Civil War website states that he died of disease on 6 April 1863.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Smith, Three Blackmore Genealogies, page 101.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2V-H13 : accessed 6 March 2016), Erastus O Barnes, Bridgewater, Windsor, Vermont, United States; citing family 235, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDW-XRK : accessed 6 March 2016), Otis Barnes, 1860.
4. ↑ United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS3D-7YH : accessed 6 March 2016), Morvalden Barnes, Private, Company E, 4th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M557 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 882,472.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDPR-2CY : accessed 6 March 2016), Morvalden Barnes, 1866.
6. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=508D7B7F-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
7. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers-detail.htm?soldierId=4F8D7B7F-DC7A-DF11-BF36-B8AC6F5D926A
8. ↑ https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=UVT0001RAH
9. ↑ Barnes, Morvalden, Vermont in the Civil War website, accessed 15 November 2019.

• Smith, Rev. Alven Martyn. Three Blackmore Genealogies. Privately published, South Pasadena, CA, 1930.