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Sgt William H Barnes (1842 - 1866)

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William H Barnes
1842 - 1866
Born
1842
Maryland, USA
Death
December 24, 1866
Indianola, Texas, USA
Summary
William H Barnes was born in 1842 in Maryland USA, and died at age 23 years old on December 24, 1866 in Indianola, Texas. William Barnes was buried on December 24, 1866 Marker Placed at San Antonio National Cemetery in San Antonio. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sgt William H Barnes.
Updated: June 26, 2022
Biography ID: 1224184

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December 24, 1866
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Indianola, Texas USA
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Marker Placed at San Antonio National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas USA
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William Barnes passed away at age 23 years old on December 24, 1866 in Indianola, Texas, and was buried on December 24, 1866 Marker Placed at San Antonio National Cemetery in San Antonio. William H Barnes was born in 1842 in Maryland USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sgt William H Barnes.

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Sgt William H Barnes lived 46 years shorter than the average Barnes family member when he died at the age of 24.
The average age of a Barnes family member is 70.
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1842 - 1866 World Events

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In 1842, in the year that Sgt William H Barnes was born, in January, William E. Clarke - a medical student at Berkshire Medical College - became the first person to use an inhaled anesthetic. He administered the anesthetic to pull a tooth.

In 1850, at the age of just 8 years old, William was alive when on March 7th, Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts delivered the "Seventh of March" speech. Trying to avoid a civil war, he endorsed "slave states" and "free states" and the Fugitive Slave Law, which directed federal officials to "recapture and return runaway slaves".

In 1857, William was merely 15 years old when on December 16th, a 7.0 earthquake struck the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies - Southern Italy. It had a maximum Mercalli intensity of 11 (Extreme) and killed about 10,000 people..

In 1866, in the year of Sgt William H Barnes's passing, on April 10th, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - the ASPCA - was created. New Yorker Henry Bergh was the first President of the Society and the leader in its creation. He later formed the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

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