Soldier Information
Name: Edmund Barber
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Place of Birth: Oldham KY Year of Birth: 1819
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6
View Ledger
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: May 30, 1865
Enlistment Place: Lexington
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: G Regiment(s): 119th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Lexington, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: April 27, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Edmund was present for duty from the time of enlistment until he mustered out.
Many thanks to the Oldham County History Center and scholar Robert Bell for providing us with basic information about this soldier upon which our additional research is based.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: April 27, 1889
Application No.: 701086 Certificate No.:
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: July 7, 1890
Application No.: 441704 Certificate No.: 289037
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
In addition to the soldier and widows application cards indicated above, a VA payment card was located in FamilySearch.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-86S1-CG?i=214&cc=1832324&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AK6WG-W3J
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Ann Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Laurinda Barber-Ball 1857
Eliza Barber-Wisdom 1857
Edmond Gibson Barber
Belle Barber-Taylor
Family Notes:
Ann Barber died at about age 95 on 28 January 1919 of acute bronchitis and pneumonia in Indianapolis in the home of her daughter Eliza. Her services were held at the Second Christian Church and burial was at Crown Hill Cemetery.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Edmund and Ann were enumerated in separate households in Louisville. Edmund worked as a laborer and Ann a domestic servant.
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farm Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? Unknown
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
By 1880 Edmund (spelled Edwin) was about 60 years old and lived in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, where he worked on a farm. Ann was not located and Edmund was recorded as widowed, which was erroneous as Ann didn’t die until 1919.
Edmund lived with his son-in-law Joseph (32, a porter in a tea store), daughter Eliza (23), and their children Eva (4) and Edward (2).
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: None given
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Unknown 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: Unknown
1900 Census Notes:
Anna (67) was widowed and lived in Indianapolis with her daughter Eliza (41, seamstress), granddaughter Eva (23), and grandson Edward (21, teamster). They rented a home at 1225R N. Missouri Street.
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: None given
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Unknown 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: Unknown
1910 Census Notes:
Ann (85) lived in Louisville with her son in law James (56, driver), daughter Lauranda (53, laundress), and granddaughter Eva Wisdom (33). They rented a home on Chestnut Street.
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
Name: Nathan Taylor Location:
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Although Nathan Taylor was named on the Ledger and in the CMSR as enslaver, no census evidence was retrieved for Nathan Taylor, a probable match to an enslaver.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
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Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found