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The son of Peter & Sarah (Houser) Barnhart, he married Louisa Snyder September 26, 1848, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and fathered Peter Dewitt (b. 12/14/49), John Snyder (b. 12/07/51), Mary Jane (b. 01/14/54), Martin Houser (b. 01/29/56), and Ella (b. 02/15/58). In 1860, he was a farmer living in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, and stood 5' 8" tall with dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Marietta, Lancaster County, July 9, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Lancaster July 18 as a private with hundred-day organization of Co. D, 195th Pennsylvania Infantry. On September 4, 1864, he re-enlisted in the field at Monocacy Junction, Frederick County, Maryland, as a private with the one-year organization of Co. A, 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 21, 1865.
By 1870, he had moved his family to Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, where he lived out his shortened life.
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The son of Peter & Sarah (Houser) Barnhart, he married Louisa Snyder September 26, 1848, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and fathered Peter Dewitt (b. 12/14/49), John Snyder (b. 12/07/51), Mary Jane (b. 01/14/54), Martin Houser (b. 01/29/56), and Ella (b. 02/15/58). In 1860, he was a farmer living in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, and stood 5' 8" tall with dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Marietta, Lancaster County, July 9, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Lancaster July 18 as a private with hundred-day organization of Co. D, 195th Pennsylvania Infantry. On September 4, 1864, he re-enlisted in the field at Monocacy Junction, Frederick County, Maryland, as a private with the one-year organization of Co. A, 195th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 21, 1865.
By 1870, he had moved his family to Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, where he lived out his shortened life.
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