Andrew Jackson "Jack" Barrett Sr was born Thursday, 2 May 1844 in Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois to David & Esther (Rogers) Barrett & moved to Cottonwood, Cumberland County, Illinois before the age of 6.
Andrew was known to travel quite often being seen between Morgan, Clark, Cumberland and Edgar Counties of Illinois; to brief visits in Toad Hop, Taylorville & West Terre Haute of Vigo County, Indiana. With hard times upon his family Andrew traveled helping & visiting friends & family. He worked as a carpenter for a short period of time before the war for the Gray family in Charleston, IL until he volunteered to join the Union.
At the age of 18 in July of 1862 Andrew reported to Charleston, Coles County, Illinois & enlisted on 8 Aug 1862 in Charleston into the Union, Company D 97th Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a Private (National Archives M539 Roll 5). He mustered in on 16 Sept 1862 at Camp Butler in Jimtown, Sangamon County, Illinois. In August of 1865 Andrew was transferred to Union Company E 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry with a ranking of Private. His military papers had him from Edgar County, Illinois, 5'8" tall, light red hair, blue eyes, light complexion, single, and a laborer.
Major battles he fought included (Wikipedia) Battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills & Big Black River; Siege of Vicksburg & Fort Blakely. According to documentation from his pension papers & reports issued by the War Department he was considered a deserter & was officially reported as a deserter on 13 Feb 1866. Andrew mustered out 15 May 1866. His charge of desertion was removed when discovered per affidavits of witnesses in 1884 of his whereabouts. Andrew was put in an abandoned rebel field hospital those months from a back injury he had sustained at Fort Blakely. Just hours after the surrender from General Robert E Lee miles away in Virginia; Andrew fell & was trampled from rear soldiers charging in the Battle of Blakely fought at Fort Blakely in Alabama at 5:30 pm & was the last major battle of the Civil War. Andrew received an honorable discharge 5 July 1884. He filed for his pension on 14 Oct 1886 residing in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. Andrew suffered his entire life with back pain & filed for military disability pension with the War Department 28 Sept 1889 at the age of 45 years old. No documentation has been found that he was ever given in such pension.
After the war Andrew began traveling & finding work where he could. In the Summer of 1868 Andrew found work on Robert Reeves farm & is where he met his future wife Sarah who was a servant for the Reeves family. The farm was 15 miles just East of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois on the big prairie; as described in documents from Sarah in later years when she filed for Widow's Pension with the War Department. Story is told that when Andrew left for the winter he asked Sarah to wait for him. He promised to return soon & that he would give her a good home, love & lots of children.
Andrew & Sarah married late March or early April of 1869; moving immediately to Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana & in April of 1869 appearing at the doorstep of Andrew's cousin Newton Dunbar's home announcing they were newlyweds per a 1922 affidavit.
Andrew became a cooper (barrel maker) in the year of 1879 & moved immediately to Martinsville, Clark County, Illinois to work. Employer is unknown but he worked for them for 3 yrs before returning to Vigo County, Indiana where he worked as a cooper the remainder of his life. Several different owners owned the mill at 1126 N 1st Street & those were James Nickels, William Kidder & the Adair Family. Andrew & Sarah lived in a two story red brick home along the Wabash River at 655 North Water Street in Terre Haute with their children always close by.
They had 8 children with 1 dying at infancy:
Melissa Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barrett Cook
George Washington Barrett
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Barrett Jr
Mary Ollie "Olive" Barrett Anderson Greenwood
Nellie Barrett Merritt
Oscar B "Os or Brick" Barrett
Albert "Abb" Barrett
Andrew died at 6am at home. His family physician VA Shanklin saw him 3 days prior to his death. Andrew suffered many years from an enlarged prostate with possible cancer which he believed contributed to his death & had pneumonia for the 3 days prior to his death as well. FM Rogerson conducted his funeral & burial.
Andrew & Sarah have no headstones. Location unknown & records for this cemetery burned up in a fire in the 1960's.
Obituary from Terre Haute Tribune, Pg 2 Saturday, Aug 12, 1922 - A J(G) Barrett, 78 years old, died Saturday morning at his home in Central Terre Haute. He is survived by the widow, Sarah Elizabeth; three sons, Jack, Oscar and Albert Barrett, and three daughters, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Cook and Mrs. Merrit, all of Terre Haute. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
All information is sourced per Wikipedia, Census, City Directories, National Archives, Newspapers & Death Certificate
To see his life in timeline Google Map form with images & sources visit: communitywalk.com/andrewjacksonbarrettlifeevents
To see his FOLD Memorial visit:
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Updated: 8 Mar 2020 JoAnnamae
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Andrew was known to travel quite often being seen between Morgan, Clark, Cumberland and Edgar Counties of Illinois; to brief visits in Toad Hop, Taylorville & West Terre Haute of Vigo County, Indiana. With hard times upon his family Andrew traveled helping & visiting friends & family. He worked as a carpenter for a short period of time before the war for the Gray family in Charleston, IL until he volunteered to join the Union.
At the age of 18 in July of 1862 Andrew reported to Charleston, Coles County, Illinois & enlisted on 8 Aug 1862 in Charleston into the Union, Company D 97th Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a Private (National Archives M539 Roll 5). He mustered in on 16 Sept 1862 at Camp Butler in Jimtown, Sangamon County, Illinois. In August of 1865 Andrew was transferred to Union Company E 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry with a ranking of Private. His military papers had him from Edgar County, Illinois, 5'8" tall, light red hair, blue eyes, light complexion, single, and a laborer.
Major battles he fought included (Wikipedia) Battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills & Big Black River; Siege of Vicksburg & Fort Blakely. According to documentation from his pension papers & reports issued by the War Department he was considered a deserter & was officially reported as a deserter on 13 Feb 1866. Andrew mustered out 15 May 1866. His charge of desertion was removed when discovered per affidavits of witnesses in 1884 of his whereabouts. Andrew was put in an abandoned rebel field hospital those months from a back injury he had sustained at Fort Blakely. Just hours after the surrender from General Robert E Lee miles away in Virginia; Andrew fell & was trampled from rear soldiers charging in the Battle of Blakely fought at Fort Blakely in Alabama at 5:30 pm & was the last major battle of the Civil War. Andrew received an honorable discharge 5 July 1884. He filed for his pension on 14 Oct 1886 residing in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. Andrew suffered his entire life with back pain & filed for military disability pension with the War Department 28 Sept 1889 at the age of 45 years old. No documentation has been found that he was ever given in such pension.
After the war Andrew began traveling & finding work where he could. In the Summer of 1868 Andrew found work on Robert Reeves farm & is where he met his future wife Sarah who was a servant for the Reeves family. The farm was 15 miles just East of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois on the big prairie; as described in documents from Sarah in later years when she filed for Widow's Pension with the War Department. Story is told that when Andrew left for the winter he asked Sarah to wait for him. He promised to return soon & that he would give her a good home, love & lots of children.
Andrew & Sarah married late March or early April of 1869; moving immediately to Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana & in April of 1869 appearing at the doorstep of Andrew's cousin Newton Dunbar's home announcing they were newlyweds per a 1922 affidavit.
Andrew became a cooper (barrel maker) in the year of 1879 & moved immediately to Martinsville, Clark County, Illinois to work. Employer is unknown but he worked for them for 3 yrs before returning to Vigo County, Indiana where he worked as a cooper the remainder of his life. Several different owners owned the mill at 1126 N 1st Street & those were James Nickels, William Kidder & the Adair Family. Andrew & Sarah lived in a two story red brick home along the Wabash River at 655 North Water Street in Terre Haute with their children always close by.
They had 8 children with 1 dying at infancy:
Melissa Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barrett Cook
George Washington Barrett
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Barrett Jr
Mary Ollie "Olive" Barrett Anderson Greenwood
Nellie Barrett Merritt
Oscar B "Os or Brick" Barrett
Albert "Abb" Barrett
Andrew died at 6am at home. His family physician VA Shanklin saw him 3 days prior to his death. Andrew suffered many years from an enlarged prostate with possible cancer which he believed contributed to his death & had pneumonia for the 3 days prior to his death as well. FM Rogerson conducted his funeral & burial.
Andrew & Sarah have no headstones. Location unknown & records for this cemetery burned up in a fire in the 1960's.
Obituary from Terre Haute Tribune, Pg 2 Saturday, Aug 12, 1922 - A J(G) Barrett, 78 years old, died Saturday morning at his home in Central Terre Haute. He is survived by the widow, Sarah Elizabeth; three sons, Jack, Oscar and Albert Barrett, and three daughters, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Cook and Mrs. Merrit, all of Terre Haute. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
All information is sourced per Wikipedia, Census, City Directories, National Archives, Newspapers & Death Certificate
To see his life in timeline Google Map form with images & sources visit: communitywalk.com/andrewjacksonbarrettlifeevents
To see his FOLD Memorial visit:
https://www.fold3.com/page/631258726-andrew-j-barrett
Updated: 8 Mar 2020 JoAnnamae
aka MerrittSwatts on Ancestry.com
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Barrett Sr was born Thursday, 2 May 1844 in Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois to David & Esther (Rogers) Barrett & moved to Cottonwood, Cumberland County, Illinois before the age of 6.
Andrew was known to travel quite often being seen between Morgan, Clark, Cumberland and Edgar Counties of Illinois; to brief visits in Toad Hop, Taylorville & West Terre Haute of Vigo County, Indiana. With hard times upon his family Andrew traveled helping & visiting friends & family. He worked as a carpenter for a short period of time before the war for the Gray family in Charleston, IL until he volunteered to join the Union.
At the age of 18 in July of 1862 Andrew reported to Charleston, Coles County, Illinois & enlisted on 8 Aug 1862 in Charleston into the Union, Company D 97th Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a Private (National Archives M539 Roll 5). He mustered in on 16 Sept 1862 at Camp Butler in Jimtown, Sangamon County, Illinois. In August of 1865 Andrew was transferred to Union Company E 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry with a ranking of Private. His military papers had him from Edgar County, Illinois, 5'8" tall, light red hair, blue eyes, light complexion, single, and a laborer.
Major battles he fought included (Wikipedia) Battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills & Big Black River; Siege of Vicksburg & Fort Blakely. According to documentation from his pension papers & reports issued by the War Department he was considered a deserter & was officially reported as a deserter on 13 Feb 1866. Andrew mustered out 15 May 1866. His charge of desertion was removed when discovered per affidavits of witnesses in 1884 of his whereabouts. Andrew was put in an abandoned rebel field hospital those months from a back injury he had sustained at Fort Blakely. Just hours after the surrender from General Robert E Lee miles away in Virginia; Andrew fell & was trampled from rear soldiers charging in the Battle of Blakely fought at Fort Blakely in Alabama at 5:30 pm & was the last major battle of the Civil War. Andrew received an honorable discharge 5 July 1884. He filed for his pension on 14 Oct 1886 residing in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. Andrew suffered his entire life with back pain & filed for military disability pension with the War Department 28 Sept 1889 at the age of 45 years old. No documentation has been found that he was ever given in such pension.
After the war Andrew began traveling & finding work where he could. In the Summer of 1868 Andrew found work on Robert Reeves farm & is where he met his future wife Sarah who was a servant for the Reeves family. The farm was 15 miles just East of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois on the big prairie; as described in documents from Sarah in later years when she filed for Widow's Pension with the War Department. Story is told that when Andrew left for the winter he asked Sarah to wait for him. He promised to return soon & that he would give her a good home, love & lots of children.
Andrew & Sarah married late March or early April of 1869; moving immediately to Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana & in April of 1869 appearing at the doorstep of Andrew's cousin Newton Dunbar's home announcing they were newlyweds per a 1922 affidavit.
Andrew became a cooper (barrel maker) in the year of 1879 & moved immediately to Martinsville, Clark County, Illinois to work. Employer is unknown but he worked for them for 3 yrs before returning to Vigo County, Indiana where he worked as a cooper the remainder of his life. Several different owners owned the mill at 1126 N 1st Street & those were James Nickels, William Kidder & the Adair Family. Andrew & Sarah lived in a two story red brick home along the Wabash River at 655 North Water Street in Terre Haute with their children always close by.
They had 8 children with 1 dying at infancy:
Melissa Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barrett Cook
George Washington Barrett
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Barrett Jr
Mary Ollie "Olive" Barrett Anderson Greenwood
Nellie Barrett Merritt
Oscar B "Os or Brick" Barrett
Albert "Abb" Barrett
Andrew died at 6am at home. His family physician VA Shanklin saw him 3 days prior to his death. Andrew suffered many years from an enlarged prostate with possible cancer which he believed contributed to his death & had pneumonia for the 3 days prior to his death as well. FM Rogerson conducted his funeral & burial.
Andrew & Sarah have no headstones. Location unknown & records for this cemetery burned up in a fire in the 1960's.
Obituary from Terre Haute Tribune, Pg 2 Saturday, Aug 12, 1922 - A J(G) Barrett, 78 years old, died Saturday morning at his home in Central Terre Haute. He is survived by the widow, Sarah Elizabeth; three sons, Jack, Oscar and Albert Barrett, and three daughters, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Cook and Mrs. Merrit, all of Terre Haute. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
All information is sourced per Wikipedia, Census, City Directories, National Archives, Newspapers & Death Certificate
To see his life in timeline Google Map form with images & sources visit: communitywalk.com/andrewjacksonbarrettlifeevents
To see his FOLD Memorial visit:
https://www.fold3.com/page/631258726-andrew-j-barrett
Updated: 8 Mar 2020 JoAnnamae
aka MerrittSwatts on Ancestry.com
Andrew was known to travel quite often being seen between Morgan, Clark, Cumberland and Edgar Counties of Illinois; to brief visits in Toad Hop, Taylorville & West Terre Haute of Vigo County, Indiana. With hard times upon his family Andrew traveled helping & visiting friends & family. He worked as a carpenter for a short period of time before the war for the Gray family in Charleston, IL until he volunteered to join the Union.
At the age of 18 in July of 1862 Andrew reported to Charleston, Coles County, Illinois & enlisted on 8 Aug 1862 in Charleston into the Union, Company D 97th Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a Private (National Archives M539 Roll 5). He mustered in on 16 Sept 1862 at Camp Butler in Jimtown, Sangamon County, Illinois. In August of 1865 Andrew was transferred to Union Company E 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry with a ranking of Private. His military papers had him from Edgar County, Illinois, 5'8" tall, light red hair, blue eyes, light complexion, single, and a laborer.
Major battles he fought included (Wikipedia) Battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills & Big Black River; Siege of Vicksburg & Fort Blakely. According to documentation from his pension papers & reports issued by the War Department he was considered a deserter & was officially reported as a deserter on 13 Feb 1866. Andrew mustered out 15 May 1866. His charge of desertion was removed when discovered per affidavits of witnesses in 1884 of his whereabouts. Andrew was put in an abandoned rebel field hospital those months from a back injury he had sustained at Fort Blakely. Just hours after the surrender from General Robert E Lee miles away in Virginia; Andrew fell & was trampled from rear soldiers charging in the Battle of Blakely fought at Fort Blakely in Alabama at 5:30 pm & was the last major battle of the Civil War. Andrew received an honorable discharge 5 July 1884. He filed for his pension on 14 Oct 1886 residing in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. Andrew suffered his entire life with back pain & filed for military disability pension with the War Department 28 Sept 1889 at the age of 45 years old. No documentation has been found that he was ever given in such pension.
After the war Andrew began traveling & finding work where he could. In the Summer of 1868 Andrew found work on Robert Reeves farm & is where he met his future wife Sarah who was a servant for the Reeves family. The farm was 15 miles just East of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois on the big prairie; as described in documents from Sarah in later years when she filed for Widow's Pension with the War Department. Story is told that when Andrew left for the winter he asked Sarah to wait for him. He promised to return soon & that he would give her a good home, love & lots of children.
Andrew & Sarah married late March or early April of 1869; moving immediately to Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana & in April of 1869 appearing at the doorstep of Andrew's cousin Newton Dunbar's home announcing they were newlyweds per a 1922 affidavit.
Andrew became a cooper (barrel maker) in the year of 1879 & moved immediately to Martinsville, Clark County, Illinois to work. Employer is unknown but he worked for them for 3 yrs before returning to Vigo County, Indiana where he worked as a cooper the remainder of his life. Several different owners owned the mill at 1126 N 1st Street & those were James Nickels, William Kidder & the Adair Family. Andrew & Sarah lived in a two story red brick home along the Wabash River at 655 North Water Street in Terre Haute with their children always close by.
They had 8 children with 1 dying at infancy:
Melissa Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barrett Cook
George Washington Barrett
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Barrett Jr
Mary Ollie "Olive" Barrett Anderson Greenwood
Nellie Barrett Merritt
Oscar B "Os or Brick" Barrett
Albert "Abb" Barrett
Andrew died at 6am at home. His family physician VA Shanklin saw him 3 days prior to his death. Andrew suffered many years from an enlarged prostate with possible cancer which he believed contributed to his death & had pneumonia for the 3 days prior to his death as well. FM Rogerson conducted his funeral & burial.
Andrew & Sarah have no headstones. Location unknown & records for this cemetery burned up in a fire in the 1960's.
Obituary from Terre Haute Tribune, Pg 2 Saturday, Aug 12, 1922 - A J(G) Barrett, 78 years old, died Saturday morning at his home in Central Terre Haute. He is survived by the widow, Sarah Elizabeth; three sons, Jack, Oscar and Albert Barrett, and three daughters, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Cook and Mrs. Merrit, all of Terre Haute. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be made in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
All information is sourced per Wikipedia, Census, City Directories, National Archives, Newspapers & Death Certificate
To see his life in timeline Google Map form with images & sources visit: communitywalk.com/andrewjacksonbarrettlifeevents
To see his FOLD Memorial visit:
https://www.fold3.com/page/631258726-andrew-j-barrett
Updated: 8 Mar 2020 JoAnnamae
aka MerrittSwatts on Ancestry.com
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