Dr. Joshua T. Barnes was the seventh child of succesful planter Elias Barnes and his wife Mahala Sharpe Barnes. He had four older brothers, two of whom died in the Civil War, and two older sisters, as well as two younger brothers and one younger sister.
At the end of the Civil War, at 17 years of age, Joshua was drafted into Confederate service, according to family letters. There are no records of his service though, which might be due to the late date he entered.
After the war he continued to live with his widowed mother and younger siblings on the family farm. In the census of 1870 he is listed as still living there, and reading medicine.
He was married to Ora L. Thompson by 1880 but the couple apparently had no living children, at least there is no evidence in the census files that they did. By 1880 Joshua worked as a physician in Stantonsburg.
At the end of the Civil War, at 17 years of age, Joshua was drafted into Confederate service, according to family letters. There are no records of his service though, which might be due to the late date he entered.
After the war he continued to live with his widowed mother and younger siblings on the family farm. In the census of 1870 he is listed as still living there, and reading medicine.
He was married to Ora L. Thompson by 1880 but the couple apparently had no living children, at least there is no evidence in the census files that they did. By 1880 Joshua worked as a physician in Stantonsburg.
Dr. Joshua T. Barnes was the seventh child of succesful planter Elias Barnes and his wife Mahala Sharpe Barnes. He had four older brothers, two of whom died in the Civil War, and two older sisters, as well as two younger brothers and one younger sister.
At the end of the Civil War, at 17 years of age, Joshua was drafted into Confederate service, according to family letters. There are no records of his service though, which might be due to the late date he entered.
After the war he continued to live with his widowed mother and younger siblings on the family farm. In the census of 1870 he is listed as still living there, and reading medicine.
He was married to Ora L. Thompson by 1880 but the couple apparently had no living children, at least there is no evidence in the census files that they did. By 1880 Joshua worked as a physician in Stantonsburg.
At the end of the Civil War, at 17 years of age, Joshua was drafted into Confederate service, according to family letters. There are no records of his service though, which might be due to the late date he entered.
After the war he continued to live with his widowed mother and younger siblings on the family farm. In the census of 1870 he is listed as still living there, and reading medicine.
He was married to Ora L. Thompson by 1880 but the couple apparently had no living children, at least there is no evidence in the census files that they did. By 1880 Joshua worked as a physician in Stantonsburg.
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In memory of my husband
Dr. Joshua T. Barnes
Born March 3, 1847
Died Nov 10, 1887
Parted on earth to meet in heaven.
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