He enlisted under the alias 'Daniel Barnett' (3).
He was 35 years old when he was enlisted (2, 4 [63 in 1888], 6 [46 in 1870]). He was born in Pennsylvania (2, 6).
He was a carpenter (2).
He was 5 feet 7 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, hazel eyes, and dark hair (2).
He was drafted (1, 2). He was enlisted and mustered into service on 15 March 1865 (1, 2). He was enlisted for one year, at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, by Captain Lloyd (2). He reported for duty on 15 March 1865 (2). His service was credited to the seventeenth congressional district (2). He served as a private in company D (1).
He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865 (1).
In 1870, he was living in Barnes Township, Huntington County, Pennsylvania (6). He was living with Ellen Barnett (presumably his wife), and with Almira, Cyrus, Annie, and Stewart Barnett (presumably their children (6). He was a carpenter, and owned $350 in real estate and $200 in personal property (6).
On 21 September 1888, he died (4, 5). He was buried in the Cornpropst Mills Baptist Cemetery, approximately eight miles north of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (4).
On 22 July 1890, his widow, Ellen Barnett, applied successfully from Pennsylvania for a pension (3, 5).
His wife Ellen K Barnett died on 6 February 1895 (4). She was 66 years old (4). She was also buried in the Cornpropst Mills Baptist Cemetery (4).
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) (Daniel Barnett)
2 company D, [second] descriptive roll, entry 83 (Daniel Barnett)
3 pension index, by name (Samuel Barnett alias Daniel Barnett)
4 'Cornpropst Mills Baptist Cemetery', on RootsWeb (viewed April 2007) (Samuel Barnett)
5 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company D (Samuel Barnett)
6 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Barnes Township, microfilm series M593, film 1349, page 481 verso = 22 handwritten (Samuel Barnett)
[I did not find an entry for him in the Ancestry index to the 1890 veterans' census (searched March 2007)
| line | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Dwelling-house number | 172 | |||||
| Family number | 167 | |||||
| Name | Barnett Samuel | - Ellen | - Almira | - Cyrus | - Annie | - Stewart |
| Age | 46 | 42 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Sex | M | F | F | M | F | M |
| Color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Carpenter | Keeping House | At Home | |||
| Real estate value | $350 | |||||
| Personal estate value | $200 | |||||
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania | Do. | Do. | Do. | Do. | Do. |
| Father foreign born | ||||||
| Mother foreign born | ||||||
| Birth month if born within year | ||||||
| Marriage month if married within year | ||||||
| Attended school past year | 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 ... |