He enlisted under the alias 'John Baird'. [sources: 3, 8, 14, 16]
He was born in September 1839, in Wurtemburg, Germany. [sources: date: 10; 4 (25 in 1864), 5, 9 (30 in 1870), 10 (60 in 1900), 11 (70 in 1910), 13 (66 in 1905), 14 (66 in 1905), 15 (66 in 1905), 16 (66 in 1905), 17 (66 in 1905). place: 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17]
He immigrated in 1855 or 1862. By 1910, he was a naturalized citizen. [sources: 10 (1862), 11 (1855), 23 (1855?)]
In 1860, he may have been living in ward 21 (post office Leverington), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. If so, he was living with Theodore, Leonard, Kasmer, and Anthony Barth, and was an operative. [source: 18]
When he enlisted, he was a sailor. (This is presumably an error for 'tailor'.) [sources: 4, 5]
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 4 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, brown eyes, and dark hair. [sources: 4, 5]
He enlisted and was mustered into service on 25 January 1864. He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain Palmer. He was mustered by Captain Palmer. He was due $300 in bounty, and may have been paid $29.25. He was a private in company B. [sources: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 14, 16, 17, 24]
He was reported absent without leave on 26 April 1864. On 27 April 1864, Sinex asked that he be sent to the regiment. [sources: 2, 6; see also 12]
He was wounded in action. [source: 1]
He was discharged on 8 July 1865 by general order. He had served for seventeen months. He was a private, in company B. [sources: 1, 3, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24]
In 1870, he was living in the 12th ward of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a journeyman tailor. He was living with Anna (presumably his wife), and with a family named 'Fendale'. [source: 9]
In 1890, he was living in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey. He had been shot in the left side and the right leg. [source: 8]
On 25 September 1895, he applied from Pennsylvania for a pension. [sources: 3, 8]
In 1897/98, he married Julia [unknown family name]. In 1900, she had had seven children, five of whom were alive. Given the number of children, and John's apparent wife Anna in the 1870 census, I suspect this is the second marriage for both of them. [source: 10]
In 1900, he was living at 112 [?] Poplar Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was living with his wife Julia, and daughters Carrie and Mabel. He was a tailor (operator). [source: 10]
On 25 November 1905, he was admitted to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. [sources: 13, 14, 16, 17]
In 1906, he was present in the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. He was receiving a pension of $8 per month. [source: 13]
In 1907, he was present in the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. He was receiving a pension of $8 per month. [source: 14]
He applied again for a pension on 19 February 1907. [source: 3]
On 14 May 1909, he was discharged from the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. He was then receiving a pension of $12 per month. [source: 15]
On 15 July 1909, he was present in the Northwest Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. He was receiving a pension of $12 per month. [source: 16]
In 1910, he was living in the Northwest Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was widowed [sic]. He was a tailor. [source: 11]
In 1910, his widow, Julia Barth, may have been living at 2432 Colorado Street, ward 28, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. If so, she was living with her son William H Carpenter, and others. [source: 19]
He died on 9 November 1914, at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was receiving a pension of $20 per month. He was buried in the Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (section 19, site 300). [sources: 3, 17, 22]
On 16 September 1916, his widow, Julia Barth, successfully applied from Pennsylvania for a pension. [sources: 3, 8]
In 1920, his widow, Julia, was living at 4810 Frankford Avenue, ward 23, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was living with her daughter Mabel E Wilsey, Mabel's daughter Gladys, and a boarder. [source: 20]
In 1930, his widow, Julia, was living at 4656 Griscom Street, ward 23, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was living with her daughter Mabel Wilsey, Mabel's daughter Gladys, and a boarder. [source: 21]
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster)
2 letter, Sinex to Marvin, 27 April 1864
3 pension index, by regiment (John Barth, alias John Baird) [second card]
4 company B, [second] descriptive roll, entry 45 (John Baird)
5 company B, [third] descriptive roll, entry 12 (John Baird)
6 consolidated morning report, 91st Pennsylvania, 26 April 1864 (Baird)
7 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, New Jersey, Camden County, Camden, supervisor's district 3 [?], enumeration district 182, page 1 (image 129 of 142 on Ancestry)] (John Barth alias John Baird)
8 pension index, by name (John Barth alias John Baird)
9 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 12th ward, microfilm series M593, film 1396, page 208 = 70 handwritten (John Barth)
10 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, supervisor's district 1, ward 11, enumeration district 207, microfilm series T623, film 1456, page 266 A = 7 [or 1?] handwritten (John Barth)
11 1910 US census, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, National Home Northwestern Branch, supervisor's district 4, enumeration district 29, microfilm series T624, film 1721, page 168 B = 6 handwritten (John Barth)
12 monthly return, company B, May 1864 (John Baird)
13 Serial set, volume 5158, session volume 55, 59th congress, 2nd session, house document 276 (1907), Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1906. Washington: GPO, 1907. Page 320 (Barth alias John Baird)
14 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907. Serial Set volume 5290, Session Vol. No.21, 60th Congress, 1st Session, House Document 210. Page 312 (John Barth alias Baird)
15 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909. Letter from the President of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, transmitting the report of the Board for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909. Serial Set volume 5817, Session volume 114, 61st Congress, 2nd Session, House Document 262. Page 300. (John Barth alias Baird)
16 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910. Letter from the President of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, transmitting the report... fiscal year ended June 30, 1910. Serial Set volume 6058, Session volume 114, 61st Congress, 3rd Session, House Document 1078. Page 294. (John Barth alias Baird)
17 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915. Serial Set volume 7080, Session Volume 126, 64th Congress, 1st Session, House Document 361. Page 260 (John Barth alias Baird)
18 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 21, post office Leverington, microfilm series M653, film 1172, page 922 = 136 handwritten (John Barth)
19 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 28, enumeration district 635, microfilm series T624, film 1402, page 119 = 9 B handwritten (Julia Barth)
20 1920 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Frankford, ward 23, enumeration district 673, microfilm series T625, film 1625, page 87 = 4 B handwritten (Julia Barth)
21 1930 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 23, enumeration district 51-875, microfilm series T626, film 2106, page 181 = 9 A handwritten (Julia Barth)
22 Find a grave, memorial 84736728, created by chuch cummings, added 9 Feb 2012, accessed 27 July 2012 (John Barth)
23 Passenger and Immigration Lists index, 1500s-1900s, section II, from Index to Records of Aliens' declarations of intention and/or oaths of allegiance, 1789-1880, in ... Philadelphia, compiled by WPA volume 1, letter B, page 44 (abstract on Ancestry (accessed 28 July 2012)) (John Barth)
24 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (John Baird)
| line | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Dwelling number | 931 | ||||
| Family number | 992 | ||||
| Name | Theodore Barth | Leonard " | Kasmer " | John " | Anthony " |
| Age | 39 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 34 |
| Sex | m | m | m | m | |
| Color | |||||
| Occupation | operative | operative | " | " | |
| [the ditto mark on John's line isn't completely clear--it seems to be a dot, rather than an open circle, as on the rest of the page, and could perhaps be a stray mark, with John having no occupation] | |||||
| Value of real estate owned | |||||
| Value of personal estate | 150 | ||||
| Place of birth | Baden Germany | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | 1 | 1 | |||
| Attended school within year | |||||
| Cannot read & write | |||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |||||
| line | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Dwelling-house number | 461 | ||||||
| Family number | 526 | ||||||
| Name | Barth John | - Anna | Fendale Philip | - Rosina | - Amelia | - Joanne | - Wilhelm |
| Age | 30 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Sex | m | f | m | f | " | " | m |
| Color | " [sc. w] | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Occupation | Journ Tailor | Keeps house | Errand boy | ||||
| Real estate value | |||||||
| Personal estate value | |||||||
| Birthplace | Wertemburg [sic] | Prussia | Illinois | "" | Penna | " " | " " |
| Father foreign born | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mother foreign born | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Birth month if born within year | |||||||
| Marriage month if married within year | |||||||
| Attended school past year | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Can't read | |||||||
| Can't write | |||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |||||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | ||||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| street | Poplar Street | |||
| house number | 112 [?] | |||
| dwelling number | 102 | |||
| family number | 128 | |||
| name | Barth John | - Julia | - Carrie | - Mabel |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Daughter | Daughter |
| color | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | F |
| birth date | Sept 1839 | Aug 1860 | June 1886 | Feb 1892 |
| age | 60 | 39 | 13 | 8 |
| married? | M | M | S | S |
| # years married | 2 | 2 | ||
| mother of how many children? | 7 | |||
| # of children living | 5 | |||
| birthplace | Germany | New Jersey | Connecticut | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Germany | Ireland | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Germany | Ireland | New Jersey | New Jersey |
| immigration year | 1862 | |||
| # years in USA | 37 | |||
| naturalized citizen? | Un | |||
| occupation | Tailor (operator) | "At school" | "At school" | |
| # months not employed | 3 | |||
| # months in school | 9 | 9 | ||
| can read | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| can write | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| speaks English | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| owned/rented | R | |||
| free or mortgaged | ||||
| farm/house | H | |||
| # of farm schedule | ||||
| line | 63 |
| street | |
| house nr | |
| dwelling nr | |
| family nr | |
| name | Barth John |
| relationship | Member |
| sex | M |
| color | W |
| age | 70 |
| marital status | Wd [sic] |
| #years present marriage | |
| mother of # children | |
| mother of # living children | |
| birthplace | Germany |
| father's birthplace | Germany |
| mother's birthplace | Germany |
| immigrated | 1855 |
| naturalized/alien | Na |
| speaks English | English |
| occupation | Tailor |
| nature of industry etc. | [illegible] |
| employer etc. | W |
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No |
| # weeks out of work 1909 | 0 |
| can read | Yes |
| can write | Yes |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | |
| owned/rented | |
| owned free or mortagaged | |
| farm/house | |
| nr on farm schedule | |
| civil war vet | UA [?] |
| blind | |
| deaf & dumb |
| line | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 |
| street | Colorado Street | ||||
| house nr | 2432 | ||||
| dwelling nr | 219 | ||||
| family nr | 223 | ||||
| name | Barth Julia | Carpenter Wm H | - May | - Caroline | Kruger William H. |
| relationship | Head | Son | Daughter in law | Daughter | Boarder |
| sex | F | M | F | F | M |
| color | W | W | W | W | W |
| age | 49 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 62 |
| marital status | Wd | M1 | M1 | S | M1 |
| #years present marriage | 0 | ||||
| mother of # children | 7 | 0 | |||
| mother of # living children | 5 | 0 | |||
| birthplace | New Jersey | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Connecticut | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Ireland Eng | New Jersey | Germany Ger | New Jersey | Germany German |
| mother's birthplace | Ireland Eng | New Jersey | Germany Ger | New Jersey | Germany German |
| immigrated | |||||
| naturalized/alien | |||||
| speaks English | English | English | English | English | English |
| occupation | None | Machinist | None | Clerk | Foreman |
| nature of industry etc. | Trolley Barn | Trolley Office | Building Operations | ||
| employer etc. | W | W | W | ||
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No | No | No | ||
| # weeks out of work 1909 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| can read | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| can write | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | |||||
| owned/rented | R | ||||
| owned free or mortagaged | |||||
| farm/house | H | ||||
| nr on farm schedule | |||||
| civil war vet | |||||
| blind | |||||
| deaf & dumb | |||||
| line | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 |
| street | Frankford Ave. | |||
| house number | 4810 | |||
| dwelling visit number | 64 | |||
| family visit number | 75 | |||
| name | Wilsey Mabel E. | - Gladys J. | Barth Julia | Stoner Floyd |
| relationship | Head | daughter | mother | Boarder |
| own/rent | R | |||
| free/mortgaged (if owned) | ||||
| sex | F | F | F | M |
| race | W | W | W | W |
| age at last birthday | 28 | 8 | 58 | 32 |
| marital status | M | S | W | W |
| year of immigration | ||||
| naturalized/alien | ||||
| year of naturalization | ||||
| attended school since Sept 1919 | Yes | |||
| can read | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| can write | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| birth place | Penna | Penna | New Jersey | Penna |
| native language | ||||
| father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Ireland | Penna |
| father's native language | Irish | |||
| mother's birthplace | New Jersey | Penna | Ireland | Penna |
| mother's native language | Irish | |||
| can speak English | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| occupation | none | none | none | none |
| industry, business | ||||
| employment status | ||||
| number of farm schedule | ||||
| line | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| street | Griscom St | |||
| house number | 4656 | |||
| dwelling visit # | 159 | |||
| family visit # | 173 | |||
| name | Wilsey Mabel | - Gladys | Barth Julia | Stoner Floyd E. |
| relation | Head | Daughter | Mother | Boarder |
| owned/rented | R | |||
| value or rent | $40 | |||
| radio | R | |||
| farm | No | |||
| sex | F | F | F | M |
| color | W | W | W | W |
| age | 38 | 18 | 69 | 42 |
| married? | D | S | Wd | Wd |
| age 1st marriage | 18 | 19 | 21 | |
| school/college since 9/29 | No | No | No | No |
| can read & write | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Connecticut | Pennsylvania | Iowa |
| father's birthplace | New Jersey | Iowa | Ireland | Iowa |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Ireland | Iowa |
| native language | ||||
| immigration year | ||||
| naturalization | ||||
| can speak English | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| occupation | Inspectoress | Typist | None | Mechanic |
| industry | Radio Corporation | Insurance Comp | Radio Mill | |
| worker class | W | W | W | |
| at work yesterday | No | Yes | Yes | |
| unemployment schedule # | 1A 28 | |||
| veteran? | ||||
| war | ||||
| farm schedule # | ||||