Civil War Records of George E. Barker

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
D 6th MVI (100 days) Private; enl. July 13, 1864; must. July 16, 1864 must. out Oct. 27, 1864 Billerica farmer age 19
  6th MLA Private; enl. and must. Dec. 13, 1864 must. out Aug. 7, 1865 Lowell farmer

age 21

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): x

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
  6th MLA   widow 458.131   Neb. Emily Tucker (nee Shay / Barker)

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  8 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

E.M. Stanton Post 20 G.A.R., Rising City, Butler County, Department of Nebraska (National Graves Registration Database (web site). Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Online at: www.suvcwdb.org.).


Death

Date June 19, 1888
Place Rising City, Butler Co., Neb.
Age 42
Cause  
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial Circle Mound Cemetery, Rising City, Nebraska (National Graves Registration Database (web site). Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Online at: www.suvcwdb.org.)
Survived by  

Additional Information

George Emory Barker, age 9, is recorded in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Acton, in residence with Joseph Wheeler.   (source:  1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Acton. Compiled by Ann S. Lainhart.  Boston, 1989.   42).

George Barker, age 14, is recorded in the 1860 federal census for Acton, in residence with Joseph Wheeler.

Name included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "The Men of Acton Who Fought For The Union."

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See also:

Henry L. Hosmer. The Town of Acton in the Civil War,  1861-1865.  Tucson, AZ: The Author, 2001. 32.

 

 

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