Barkshire, Arthur

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Title: Barkshire, Arthur
Gender: Male
Biography: Born in Boone County to Samuel Barkshire and Frances Harriet Newman, Arthur was first enslaved by Dickey Barkshire and then the Hawkins family. He was a known UGRR conductor out of Rising Sun, Indiana, along with father and brother.; In 1859, Arthur and his family lived in Lawrenceburg, Indiana where he worked as a cooper. He was expelled from Indiana for bringing a free person of color, his wife Elizabeth, into the state. By 1860, they had relocated to Portsmouth, Ohio.; Arthur enlisted in 27th Infantry, USCT in Ohio, and died during the war of disease, at Petersburg, Virginia on June 25, 1864.
Member: Berkshire family
Birth date: 16 Dec 1824
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.)
Father: Barkshire, Samuel
Mother: Newman, Frances Harriet
Life event(s): Marriage: 17 Jun 1854; Rising Sun (Ind.); Rising Sun (Ind.)
Spouse(s): Keith, Elizabeth Smith
Child(ren): Berkshire, Rufus A.; Berkshire, Annabel; Barkshire, Hattie Ellen
Death date: 25 Jul 1864
Place of death: Petersburg (Va.)
Military service: Co. B, 27th regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry; 27th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
Allegiance: United States of America
Held rank: Private
Place of enlistment: Scioto County (Ohio)
Service began: 5 Jan 1864
Service ended: 25 Jun 1864; Died from disease
Participant in: 1848--Freedom for Arthur Barkshire
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph; Hawkins, Nancy; Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph; Hawkins, Nancy
Bibliographic citation(s): McEvoy´s Lawrenceburgh, Aurora, and Rising Sun Directories and Business Mirrors, 1859-60
Source(s): Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001; Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941; U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865; 1890 Veterans Schedules; U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865; U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995

Item sets: AA--Barkshire story--Enslaved; AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--B; AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--H; Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County--A-K

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Items with "Participant: Barkshire, Arthur"
Title	Class
1848--Freedom for Arthur Barkshire	Event

Items with "Relationship: Barkshire, Arthur"
Title	Class
Barkshire, Dickey	Person
Hawkins, Joseph	Person
Hawkins, Nancy	Person

Items with "Father: Barkshire, Arthur"
Title	Class
Barkshire, Hattie Ellen	Person
Berkshire, Annabel	Person
Berkshire, Rufus A.	Person

Items with "Child(ren): Barkshire, Arthur"
Title	Class
Barkshire, Samuel	Person
Newman, Frances Harriet	Person

Items with "Spouse(s): Barkshire, Arthur"
Title	Class
Keith, Elizabeth Smith	Person