The thinning ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic were further depleted Wednesday with the passing of Charles H. Barnes, one of the five remaining Civil War Veterans in Batavia. Mr. Barnes passed away at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Community hospital, Geneva.
Charles H. Barnes was born in Chicago on April 18th, 1836, and was at his death 92 years of age and probably the oldest man in this city. Mr. Barnes came to Batavia shortly after the Chicago fire and had resided in this city continuously since. He was employed for many years in the Wood Department of the U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Company and was a valued employee.
Mr. Barnes served thruout [sic] the Civil War and was in three major engagements. He enlisted on April 18, 1861, at Chicago and was mustered into service at Springfield, Illinois, as a private with the Highland Guards, 12th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Twice discharged during the war because of the expiration of his enlistment, he re-enlisted, and was finally discharged at the end of the war at Nashville, Tennessee, on August 19, 1865.
He was married on October 12, 1865, to Letitia Sherman at Chicago, to which union three children were born, Charles H., Anna Marie, and Frederic Hamilton, all of whom preceded him in death. He is survived by his son-in-law, Charles Fredendall, and five grandchildren, Mrs. R. E. Horton, Sherman, Ariadne, Alice, and William, also one sister, Mrs. Eliza Scoville of Piedmont, California. His wife passed away in 1922.
Mr. Barnes was a member of the Batavia Post, No. 48, Grand Army of the Republic, and served for ten years as Chaplain of that post.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Hollister Funeral Home, the Reverend Frank R. McNamer officiating. Short services will be conducted by the Women's Relief Corps. Pall bearers have been chosen from the ranks of Batavia Post, American Legion, and the Legion Firing Squad and Bugler will assist at the Cemetery. Interment will be in West Batavia cemetery.
[Published in The Batavia (IL) Herald, Thursday, August 23, 1928]
Charles H. Barnes was born in Chicago on April 18th, 1836, and was at his death 92 years of age and probably the oldest man in this city. Mr. Barnes came to Batavia shortly after the Chicago fire and had resided in this city continuously since. He was employed for many years in the Wood Department of the U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Company and was a valued employee.
Mr. Barnes served thruout [sic] the Civil War and was in three major engagements. He enlisted on April 18, 1861, at Chicago and was mustered into service at Springfield, Illinois, as a private with the Highland Guards, 12th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Twice discharged during the war because of the expiration of his enlistment, he re-enlisted, and was finally discharged at the end of the war at Nashville, Tennessee, on August 19, 1865.
He was married on October 12, 1865, to Letitia Sherman at Chicago, to which union three children were born, Charles H., Anna Marie, and Frederic Hamilton, all of whom preceded him in death. He is survived by his son-in-law, Charles Fredendall, and five grandchildren, Mrs. R. E. Horton, Sherman, Ariadne, Alice, and William, also one sister, Mrs. Eliza Scoville of Piedmont, California. His wife passed away in 1922.
Mr. Barnes was a member of the Batavia Post, No. 48, Grand Army of the Republic, and served for ten years as Chaplain of that post.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Hollister Funeral Home, the Reverend Frank R. McNamer officiating. Short services will be conducted by the Women's Relief Corps. Pall bearers have been chosen from the ranks of Batavia Post, American Legion, and the Legion Firing Squad and Bugler will assist at the Cemetery. Interment will be in West Batavia cemetery.
[Published in The Batavia (IL) Herald, Thursday, August 23, 1928]
The thinning ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic were further depleted Wednesday with the passing of Charles H. Barnes, one of the five remaining Civil War Veterans in Batavia. Mr. Barnes passed away at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning at the Community hospital, Geneva.
Charles H. Barnes was born in Chicago on April 18th, 1836, and was at his death 92 years of age and probably the oldest man in this city. Mr. Barnes came to Batavia shortly after the Chicago fire and had resided in this city continuously since. He was employed for many years in the Wood Department of the U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Company and was a valued employee.
Mr. Barnes served thruout [sic] the Civil War and was in three major engagements. He enlisted on April 18, 1861, at Chicago and was mustered into service at Springfield, Illinois, as a private with the Highland Guards, 12th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Twice discharged during the war because of the expiration of his enlistment, he re-enlisted, and was finally discharged at the end of the war at Nashville, Tennessee, on August 19, 1865.
He was married on October 12, 1865, to Letitia Sherman at Chicago, to which union three children were born, Charles H., Anna Marie, and Frederic Hamilton, all of whom preceded him in death. He is survived by his son-in-law, Charles Fredendall, and five grandchildren, Mrs. R. E. Horton, Sherman, Ariadne, Alice, and William, also one sister, Mrs. Eliza Scoville of Piedmont, California. His wife passed away in 1922.
Mr. Barnes was a member of the Batavia Post, No. 48, Grand Army of the Republic, and served for ten years as Chaplain of that post.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Hollister Funeral Home, the Reverend Frank R. McNamer officiating. Short services will be conducted by the Women's Relief Corps. Pall bearers have been chosen from the ranks of Batavia Post, American Legion, and the Legion Firing Squad and Bugler will assist at the Cemetery. Interment will be in West Batavia cemetery.
[Published in The Batavia (IL) Herald, Thursday, August 23, 1928]
Charles H. Barnes was born in Chicago on April 18th, 1836, and was at his death 92 years of age and probably the oldest man in this city. Mr. Barnes came to Batavia shortly after the Chicago fire and had resided in this city continuously since. He was employed for many years in the Wood Department of the U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Company and was a valued employee.
Mr. Barnes served thruout [sic] the Civil War and was in three major engagements. He enlisted on April 18, 1861, at Chicago and was mustered into service at Springfield, Illinois, as a private with the Highland Guards, 12th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Twice discharged during the war because of the expiration of his enlistment, he re-enlisted, and was finally discharged at the end of the war at Nashville, Tennessee, on August 19, 1865.
He was married on October 12, 1865, to Letitia Sherman at Chicago, to which union three children were born, Charles H., Anna Marie, and Frederic Hamilton, all of whom preceded him in death. He is survived by his son-in-law, Charles Fredendall, and five grandchildren, Mrs. R. E. Horton, Sherman, Ariadne, Alice, and William, also one sister, Mrs. Eliza Scoville of Piedmont, California. His wife passed away in 1922.
Mr. Barnes was a member of the Batavia Post, No. 48, Grand Army of the Republic, and served for ten years as Chaplain of that post.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Hollister Funeral Home, the Reverend Frank R. McNamer officiating. Short services will be conducted by the Women's Relief Corps. Pall bearers have been chosen from the ranks of Batavia Post, American Legion, and the Legion Firing Squad and Bugler will assist at the Cemetery. Interment will be in West Batavia cemetery.
[Published in The Batavia (IL) Herald, Thursday, August 23, 1928]
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