GG-grandfather, Joseph Barnett served in the Civil War with Company F4 of KY infantry, 4th Regiment and 32 KY Volunteers Infantry. Became a corporal later. Served under JOSEPH TOMPKINS. Pension records show he was also in les. 932 KY Volunteers. He was captured and became a prisoner to the south at the skirmish at Newman, GA on 30Jul1864, four months after volunteering. Records show he was held at Goldsboro, NC in April 1865. He was also captured on30Jul1864 in Atlanta, GA. If I remember correctly, according to books read, there were men taken prisoners on this date, as they were destroying the rail going into Atlanta. He was treated at the Confederate Hospital at Wellington, NC 04Apr1865 to 25May1865, and Columbus Federal during June 1865. Records show that he contracted typhoid pneumonia, causing an "affection of the heart and general debility" brought on the by the conditions of the Confederate prisons. He was discharged at Louisville, KY on 25Sep1865. He was captured twice, but was released promising not to return, but he did and was once again taken prisoner. I am uncertain of his parents and prior ancestors. One family member thinks his family, father or before, was brought from England to a penal colony in the U.S. Have not found any documentation to confirm this. My maternal grandfather, Jacob Edmond BARNETT was the son of WM. ALFRED BARNETT and LIZZIE "Elizabeth" MAY ELLEN DOWNS of Canton, MO, Lewis County. Wm. Alfred's father, JOSEPH BARNETT, was from Greensburg, KY. The 1850 census confirms. He was born 16Jul1830 and died 04Apr 1906.Buried in Canton, MO. He married ELIZABETH ANDERSON 13Mar1868. She is also buried in Canton, MO at Forest Grove Cemetery. He fought for the North in the Civil War. I have his records. Evidently he was captured twice but released and drew disability (pension) from the war. I believe. Joseph's other children,according to my grandmother, were CATHERINE BARNETT/DILLION, b.17Jul1869 d.16May1912, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BARNETT b,13Dec1871 married FLORA ALICE WELLS b.(Jul1873), WM. ALFRED (my great-grandfather) b.12Jun1874 Lewis Co, MO d.26Mar1938, married Lizzie May Ellen "Elizabeth" Barnett b. 04Mar1879 d.08Feb1954, JAMES THOMAS b.07Feb1880 Monticello MO married Mary Gilbert, and ALVIRAS BARNETT b.11Apr1885 d. 17Mar1961 in Rock Island , IL who married Mary Alice Spaulding of Rock Island IL.b.14Apr1892, My grandfather Joseph Edmond Barnett, son of Wm. Alfred was b. 08Nov1908 in Farmington, IA d. 29Dec1979 married Dora Marie Barnett b. 05Jan1914 still living had three sons and two daughters, one of which is my mother. Doesany of this sound familiar to anyone? I would appreciate your help. Have information to swap. Thanks and hope to hear from someone who may be related to this group. Paula in Illinois