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Pvt Walter Barney

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Pvt Walter Barney

Birth
Fayette County, Ohio, USA
Death
14 Apr 1917 (aged 98)
Monroe, Sevier County, Utah, USA
Burial
Monroe, Sevier County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.6427994, Longitude: -112.1113968
Plot
143-f
Memorial ID
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Son of Charles Barney and Mercy Yeoman

Married Caroline Haws, 5 May 1848, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children: Walter Warden Barney & Maud M. Barney

Married Susanna Zabriskie, 1856, Provo, Utah, Utah

Children: 1) John Henry Barney, 20 Mar 1869-20 Oct 1943; 2) Polly Ann Barney, 18 Feb 1861-30 Jan 1900; 3)Charles Albert Barney, 19 Jan 1863-15 June 1947; 4)William Barney, Jan 1865-Jan 1865; 5)Rosetta Jane Barney, 30 Nov 1870-14 Mar 1936, 6) Mercy Minerva Barney, 7 Feb 1872-19 Sept 1949.

Walter Warren Barney along with several other members of a Hand Cart Trek to the SaltLake Valley, were camped along the trail when Brigam Young came into camp and ask the men if he would stay with the remaining Trekkers, would the men join the Mormon Battalion and go to California to help with the conflict with the Mexican Army. Bro. Barney along with several other men left their women and children under the guidence of Brigam Young and set out for California, but by the time they arrived in California they weren't needed.

‘Joined for Service and Enrolled at the General Rendezvous' July 16, 1846, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and all were ‘Mustered into Service' at the same place on the same date.

WALTER BARNEY, Private. Sick. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.

* Mormon Battalion members


Son of Charles Barney and Mercy Yeoman

Married Caroline Haws, 5 May 1848, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children: Walter Warden Barney & Maud M. Barney

Married Susanna Zabriskie, 1856, Provo, Utah, Utah

Children: 1) John Henry Barney, 20 Mar 1869-20 Oct 1943; 2) Polly Ann Barney, 18 Feb 1861-30 Jan 1900; 3)Charles Albert Barney, 19 Jan 1863-15 June 1947; 4)William Barney, Jan 1865-Jan 1865; 5)Rosetta Jane Barney, 30 Nov 1870-14 Mar 1936, 6) Mercy Minerva Barney, 7 Feb 1872-19 Sept 1949.

Walter Warren Barney along with several other members of a Hand Cart Trek to the SaltLake Valley, were camped along the trail when Brigam Young came into camp and ask the men if he would stay with the remaining Trekkers, would the men join the Mormon Battalion and go to California to help with the conflict with the Mexican Army. Bro. Barney along with several other men left their women and children under the guidence of Brigam Young and set out for California, but by the time they arrived in California they weren't needed.

‘Joined for Service and Enrolled at the General Rendezvous' July 16, 1846, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and all were ‘Mustered into Service' at the same place on the same date.

WALTER BARNEY, Private. Sick. Mustered out with Company July 16, 1847, at Los Angeles, Cal.

* Mormon Battalion members




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