John Emerson Barrows (1839 - 1925)

Born 16 Aug 1839 in Hartford, Oxford, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen Rebecca (Baldwin) Barrows — married 2 May 1861 in Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth

John Emerson Barrows was born at Hartford, Maine, on 16 Aug 1839, the son of Tilson Barrows and Elizabeth Dunham (Allen) Barrows.^[1] He was born at Hartford, Maine, where his parents were living in 1840,^[2] and his birth was recorded at Livermore, Maine, after his parents moved there in the late 1840s.^[3]

Marriage

John E. Barrows, bootmaker, married Ellen Rebecca Baldwin at Sharon, Massachusetts, on 2 May 1861.^[4][1]

Civil War Service

John E. Barrows enlisted as a private in Company A of the 4th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Regiment on 22 May 1861 and served until 22 Jul 1861, when the regiment was mustered out. He enlisted as a private in Company K of the 33rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment on 8 Aug 1862, was promoted to corporal, and served until the end of the war, being discharged when his regiment was mustered out on 11 Jun 1865.^[5]

Death

John E. Barrows, veteran of the 33rd Massachusetts Infantry Regment, died on 22 Oct 1925.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Benjamin Shurtleff, Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts (n,p, 1912), page 591
2. ↑ Tilson Barrows household, in 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. (subscription required) Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ Birth record of John Emmerson Barrows, in "A Record of the family of Tilson Barrows and Elizabeth D. his wife," in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862 > page 96 > Image 2260 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
4. ↑ Marriage record of John E. Barrows and Ellen R. Baldwin, in Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch > 004279235 > image 446 of 1023; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ John E. Barrows in Medford, Massachusetts, page 2, in United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, database with images, FamilySearch > Massachusetts > Middlesex > Medford > image 16 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ Pension payment card for John E. Barrows, in United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933, database with images, FamilySearch > Barrowcliff, Cyreno E. - Barry, Winnefred > image 150 of 714; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).