08/20/1838 - Born, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL [Father: Samuel Thomas Barnes, Jr. (1795-1848); Mother: Caroline Olivia Patterson (1809-1891)]
11/12/1850 - Lived with mother and sibs, Clarke Co., AL (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "Benjamin O. Barnes")
1859 - M. D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: AL; thesis: "The Ready Method in Asphyxia")
06/01/1860 - Practiced medicine, Clarke Co., AL (lived with mother, Caroline, and sibs; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Benjamin S. Barnes)
12/04/1860 - Married, Emily Elizabeth Morris (1841-1900), Clarke Co., AL
04/01/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Co. D, 2nd AL Infantry
05/15/1861-06/30/1861 - As Acting Asst. Surgeon [contract physician] rendered services as Surgeon attending Engineers, Laborers and Mechanics working at Fort Gaines, AL. [Note: Dr. Barnes was appointed as Acting Asst. Surgeon by Alabama Gov. Andrew B. Moore.]
05/31/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon of Post, Fort Gaines, AL
08/01/1861 - As Pvt., Co. D, 2nd AL Infantry, on detached service
10/01/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Fort Gaines, AL
11/31/1861 - Absent from Fort Gaines on leave of absence since 11/23/1861
- Acting Asst. Surgeon, 1st AL Battalion Artillery
12/00/1861 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination for the position of Asst. Surgeon, Mobile, AL
01/01/1862-02/28/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd AL Infantry
02/05/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/26/1861
02/05/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from AL by the Confederate States Senate
03/30/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd AL Infantry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
03/31/1862 - "Post Surgeon", Fort Pillow, TN, under the command of Brig. Gen. J. B. Villepigue
05/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Fulton, Lauderdale Co., TN
11/20/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Oxford, MS
03/23/1863 - Asst. Surgeon in charge, Gen. Hospital, Winona, MS
11/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th TN Infantry
01/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 55th TN Infantry
06/30/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th AL Infantry, absent sick since 06/27/1864
08/02/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th AL Infantry, Gen. E. C. Walthall's Brigade
08/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th TN Infantry, Gen. W. A. Quarles Brigade, near Atlanta, GA
09/22/1864 - "Surgeon Benj. S. Barnes of 46th Tennessee Regiment, promoted 14th inst. will report without delay to Medical Director Foard, Army of Tenn. for assignment" [S. O. 225/8]
11/04/1864 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/14/1864
12/17/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from AL by the Confederate States Senate
12/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, ordered one wall tent, "absolutely requisite" because of "destitution", Dalton, GA
01/19/1865 - Granted 30 days leave of absence [S.O. 14]
05/01/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Greensboro, NC
08/22/1870 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with wife, Emily E., and three children)
1871,1874 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL
1880 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with wife, Emily E., 4 sons, and two daughters; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as "Bob Barnes")
06/16/1900 - Wife, Emily, died (buried: Old Suggsville Cemetery, Clarke Co., AL; FindAGrave #67439879)
06/20/1900 - Practiced medicine and widowed, Suggsville., Clarke Co., AL (lived with five sons and one daughter; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "B. Barnes")
02/09/1910 - Carved a wood pipe with a pen-knife for his friend, Judge John S. Graham for which Judge Graham published a warm and sincere expression of his friendship for Dr. Barnes in a Jackson, AL, newspaper [Note: The editor of the paper described the pipe as "beautifully carved and is a very ingenious piece of work. The bowl of the pipe, as we take it, represents a pond-lily, having ten petals, on which is inscribed, in raised letters, bronzed, running from bottom to top of the petals, and divided as indicated below: 'Judge - John - S. - Graham - attorney - at - law - Jackson - Alabama - 1910.' On the neck of the pipe is carved the name and address of the donor - 'B. S. Barnes, Suggsville.' It has a long stem of some nice wood." [Source: The South Alabamian, Jackson, AL, Feb. 12, 1910, p. 5, c. 2 & 3.]
04/16/1910 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with one daughter; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as B. S. Barnes)
03/09/1911 - Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Chapman, Jackson, Clarke Co., AL (buried: Old Suggsville Cemetery, Clarke Co., AL; FindAGrave #67439928)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/12/2022. Unpublished database.
11/12/1850 - Lived with mother and sibs, Clarke Co., AL (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "Benjamin O. Barnes")
1859 - M. D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: AL; thesis: "The Ready Method in Asphyxia")
06/01/1860 - Practiced medicine, Clarke Co., AL (lived with mother, Caroline, and sibs; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Benjamin S. Barnes)
12/04/1860 - Married, Emily Elizabeth Morris (1841-1900), Clarke Co., AL
04/01/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Co. D, 2nd AL Infantry
05/15/1861-06/30/1861 - As Acting Asst. Surgeon [contract physician] rendered services as Surgeon attending Engineers, Laborers and Mechanics working at Fort Gaines, AL. [Note: Dr. Barnes was appointed as Acting Asst. Surgeon by Alabama Gov. Andrew B. Moore.]
05/31/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon of Post, Fort Gaines, AL
08/01/1861 - As Pvt., Co. D, 2nd AL Infantry, on detached service
10/01/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Fort Gaines, AL
11/31/1861 - Absent from Fort Gaines on leave of absence since 11/23/1861
- Acting Asst. Surgeon, 1st AL Battalion Artillery
12/00/1861 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination for the position of Asst. Surgeon, Mobile, AL
01/01/1862-02/28/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd AL Infantry
02/05/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/26/1861
02/05/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from AL by the Confederate States Senate
03/30/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd AL Infantry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
03/31/1862 - "Post Surgeon", Fort Pillow, TN, under the command of Brig. Gen. J. B. Villepigue
05/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Fulton, Lauderdale Co., TN
11/20/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Oxford, MS
03/23/1863 - Asst. Surgeon in charge, Gen. Hospital, Winona, MS
11/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th TN Infantry
01/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 55th TN Infantry
06/30/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th AL Infantry, absent sick since 06/27/1864
08/02/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th AL Infantry, Gen. E. C. Walthall's Brigade
08/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th TN Infantry, Gen. W. A. Quarles Brigade, near Atlanta, GA
09/22/1864 - "Surgeon Benj. S. Barnes of 46th Tennessee Regiment, promoted 14th inst. will report without delay to Medical Director Foard, Army of Tenn. for assignment" [S. O. 225/8]
11/04/1864 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/14/1864
12/17/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from AL by the Confederate States Senate
12/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, ordered one wall tent, "absolutely requisite" because of "destitution", Dalton, GA
01/19/1865 - Granted 30 days leave of absence [S.O. 14]
05/01/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Greensboro, NC
08/22/1870 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with wife, Emily E., and three children)
1871,1874 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL
1880 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with wife, Emily E., 4 sons, and two daughters; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as "Bob Barnes")
06/16/1900 - Wife, Emily, died (buried: Old Suggsville Cemetery, Clarke Co., AL; FindAGrave #67439879)
06/20/1900 - Practiced medicine and widowed, Suggsville., Clarke Co., AL (lived with five sons and one daughter; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "B. Barnes")
02/09/1910 - Carved a wood pipe with a pen-knife for his friend, Judge John S. Graham for which Judge Graham published a warm and sincere expression of his friendship for Dr. Barnes in a Jackson, AL, newspaper [Note: The editor of the paper described the pipe as "beautifully carved and is a very ingenious piece of work. The bowl of the pipe, as we take it, represents a pond-lily, having ten petals, on which is inscribed, in raised letters, bronzed, running from bottom to top of the petals, and divided as indicated below: 'Judge - John - S. - Graham - attorney - at - law - Jackson - Alabama - 1910.' On the neck of the pipe is carved the name and address of the donor - 'B. S. Barnes, Suggsville.' It has a long stem of some nice wood." [Source: The South Alabamian, Jackson, AL, Feb. 12, 1910, p. 5, c. 2 & 3.]
04/16/1910 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with one daughter; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as B. S. Barnes)
03/09/1911 - Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Chapman, Jackson, Clarke Co., AL (buried: Old Suggsville Cemetery, Clarke Co., AL; FindAGrave #67439928)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/12/2022. Unpublished database.
08/20/1838 - Born, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL [Father: Samuel Thomas Barnes, Jr. (1795-1848); Mother: Caroline Olivia Patterson (1809-1891)]
11/12/1850 - Lived with mother and sibs, Clarke Co., AL (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "Benjamin O. Barnes")
1859 - M. D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: AL; thesis: "The Ready Method in Asphyxia")
06/01/1860 - Practiced medicine, Clarke Co., AL (lived with mother, Caroline, and sibs; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Benjamin S. Barnes)
12/04/1860 - Married, Emily Elizabeth Morris (1841-1900), Clarke Co., AL
04/01/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Co. D, 2nd AL Infantry
05/15/1861-06/30/1861 - As Acting Asst. Surgeon [contract physician] rendered services as Surgeon attending Engineers, Laborers and Mechanics working at Fort Gaines, AL. [Note: Dr. Barnes was appointed as Acting Asst. Surgeon by Alabama Gov. Andrew B. Moore.]
05/31/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon of Post, Fort Gaines, AL
08/01/1861 - As Pvt., Co. D, 2nd AL Infantry, on detached service
10/01/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Fort Gaines, AL
11/31/1861 - Absent from Fort Gaines on leave of absence since 11/23/1861
- Acting Asst. Surgeon, 1st AL Battalion Artillery
12/00/1861 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination for the position of Asst. Surgeon, Mobile, AL
01/01/1862-02/28/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd AL Infantry
02/05/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/26/1861
02/05/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from AL by the Confederate States Senate
03/30/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd AL Infantry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
03/31/1862 - "Post Surgeon", Fort Pillow, TN, under the command of Brig. Gen. J. B. Villepigue
05/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Fulton, Lauderdale Co., TN
11/20/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Oxford, MS
03/23/1863 - Asst. Surgeon in charge, Gen. Hospital, Winona, MS
11/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th TN Infantry
01/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 55th TN Infantry
06/30/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th AL Infantry, absent sick since 06/27/1864
08/02/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th AL Infantry, Gen. E. C. Walthall's Brigade
08/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th TN Infantry, Gen. W. A. Quarles Brigade, near Atlanta, GA
09/22/1864 - "Surgeon Benj. S. Barnes of 46th Tennessee Regiment, promoted 14th inst. will report without delay to Medical Director Foard, Army of Tenn. for assignment" [S. O. 225/8]
11/04/1864 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/14/1864
12/17/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from AL by the Confederate States Senate
12/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, ordered one wall tent, "absolutely requisite" because of "destitution", Dalton, GA
01/19/1865 - Granted 30 days leave of absence [S.O. 14]
05/01/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Greensboro, NC
08/22/1870 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with wife, Emily E., and three children)
1871,1874 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL
1880 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with wife, Emily E., 4 sons, and two daughters; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as "Bob Barnes")
06/16/1900 - Wife, Emily, died (buried: Old Suggsville Cemetery, Clarke Co., AL; FindAGrave #67439879)
06/20/1900 - Practiced medicine and widowed, Suggsville., Clarke Co., AL (lived with five sons and one daughter; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "B. Barnes")
02/09/1910 - Carved a wood pipe with a pen-knife for his friend, Judge John S. Graham for which Judge Graham published a warm and sincere expression of his friendship for Dr. Barnes in a Jackson, AL, newspaper [Note: The editor of the paper described the pipe as "beautifully carved and is a very ingenious piece of work. The bowl of the pipe, as we take it, represents a pond-lily, having ten petals, on which is inscribed, in raised letters, bronzed, running from bottom to top of the petals, and divided as indicated below: 'Judge - John - S. - Graham - attorney - at - law - Jackson - Alabama - 1910.' On the neck of the pipe is carved the name and address of the donor - 'B. S. Barnes, Suggsville.' It has a long stem of some nice wood." [Source: The South Alabamian, Jackson, AL, Feb. 12, 1910, p. 5, c. 2 & 3.]
04/16/1910 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with one daughter; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as B. S. Barnes)
03/09/1911 - Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Chapman, Jackson, Clarke Co., AL (buried: Old Suggsville Cemetery, Clarke Co., AL; FindAGrave #67439928)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/12/2022. Unpublished database.
11/12/1850 - Lived with mother and sibs, Clarke Co., AL (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "Benjamin O. Barnes")
1859 - M. D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: AL; thesis: "The Ready Method in Asphyxia")
06/01/1860 - Practiced medicine, Clarke Co., AL (lived with mother, Caroline, and sibs; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as Benjamin S. Barnes)
12/04/1860 - Married, Emily Elizabeth Morris (1841-1900), Clarke Co., AL
04/01/1861 - Enlisted as Pvt., Co. D, 2nd AL Infantry
05/15/1861-06/30/1861 - As Acting Asst. Surgeon [contract physician] rendered services as Surgeon attending Engineers, Laborers and Mechanics working at Fort Gaines, AL. [Note: Dr. Barnes was appointed as Acting Asst. Surgeon by Alabama Gov. Andrew B. Moore.]
05/31/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon of Post, Fort Gaines, AL
08/01/1861 - As Pvt., Co. D, 2nd AL Infantry, on detached service
10/01/1861 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Fort Gaines, AL
11/31/1861 - Absent from Fort Gaines on leave of absence since 11/23/1861
- Acting Asst. Surgeon, 1st AL Battalion Artillery
12/00/1861 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination for the position of Asst. Surgeon, Mobile, AL
01/01/1862-02/28/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd AL Infantry
02/05/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 10/26/1861
02/05/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from AL by the Confederate States Senate
03/30/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 2nd AL Infantry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
03/31/1862 - "Post Surgeon", Fort Pillow, TN, under the command of Brig. Gen. J. B. Villepigue
05/01/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Fulton, Lauderdale Co., TN
11/20/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Oxford, MS
03/23/1863 - Asst. Surgeon in charge, Gen. Hospital, Winona, MS
11/30/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th TN Infantry
01/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 55th TN Infantry
06/30/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th AL Infantry, absent sick since 06/27/1864
08/02/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th & 55th AL Infantry, Gen. E. C. Walthall's Brigade
08/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, 46th TN Infantry, Gen. W. A. Quarles Brigade, near Atlanta, GA
09/22/1864 - "Surgeon Benj. S. Barnes of 46th Tennessee Regiment, promoted 14th inst. will report without delay to Medical Director Foard, Army of Tenn. for assignment" [S. O. 225/8]
11/04/1864 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 09/14/1864
12/17/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from AL by the Confederate States Senate
12/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, ordered one wall tent, "absolutely requisite" because of "destitution", Dalton, GA
01/19/1865 - Granted 30 days leave of absence [S.O. 14]
05/01/1865 - Paroled by the U. S. Army, Greensboro, NC
08/22/1870 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with wife, Emily E., and three children)
1871,1874 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL
1880 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with wife, Emily E., 4 sons, and two daughters; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as "Bob Barnes")
06/16/1900 - Wife, Emily, died (buried: Old Suggsville Cemetery, Clarke Co., AL; FindAGrave #67439879)
06/20/1900 - Practiced medicine and widowed, Suggsville., Clarke Co., AL (lived with five sons and one daughter; indexed in the 1900 U. S. Census as "B. Barnes")
02/09/1910 - Carved a wood pipe with a pen-knife for his friend, Judge John S. Graham for which Judge Graham published a warm and sincere expression of his friendship for Dr. Barnes in a Jackson, AL, newspaper [Note: The editor of the paper described the pipe as "beautifully carved and is a very ingenious piece of work. The bowl of the pipe, as we take it, represents a pond-lily, having ten petals, on which is inscribed, in raised letters, bronzed, running from bottom to top of the petals, and divided as indicated below: 'Judge - John - S. - Graham - attorney - at - law - Jackson - Alabama - 1910.' On the neck of the pipe is carved the name and address of the donor - 'B. S. Barnes, Suggsville.' It has a long stem of some nice wood." [Source: The South Alabamian, Jackson, AL, Feb. 12, 1910, p. 5, c. 2 & 3.]
04/16/1910 - Practiced medicine, Suggsville, Clarke Co., AL (lived with one daughter; indexed in the 1910 U. S. Census as B. S. Barnes)
03/09/1911 - Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Chapman, Jackson, Clarke Co., AL (buried: Old Suggsville Cemetery, Clarke Co., AL; FindAGrave #67439928)
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/12/2022. Unpublished database.
Inscription
Although he sleeps his memory doth live and cheering comfort to his mourners give. From his children
Gravesite Details
Very tall, cylindrical spire on top of a thick multi-tiered base which is square on the bottom. A footstone with his initials is at the end of a full slab. There is a large shrub nearby that will begin to affect this monument soon.
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