Arza Bartholomew Jr.
Arza Bartholomew, Jr., was born sometime in the 1830s in New York to Arza Bartholomew and Isabell Hunter. His father was a carpenter and joiner. The family moved to Ottawa County, Michigan, in the late 1830s, and by 1860, his father owned $1,450 of real estate and $350 of personal property. Bartholomew grew up and attended school in Ottawa County before beginning work as a farmer. He married Sarah Francis Daniels on May 21, 1860, and their son Harry was born around 1862. He enlisted in the Union army on August 14, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company G of the 21st Michigan Infantry on September 3. In March 1863, he declared that he was a "stronger union man than when I Enlisted," but he was "sometimes...afraid that we will not be able to conquer [the Confederacy] on account of the Copperheads at the north." He died of disease in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on May 8, 1863.
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(771)Bartholomew, Arza Jr.183X1863-05-08
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (2169) [writer] ~ Arza Bartholomew Jr. to Sarah F. Bartholomew, 23 March 1863
  • (2272) [writer] ~ Arza Bartholomew Jr. to Sarah F. Bartholomew, 1 February 1863

People - Records: 1

  • (772) Bartholomew, Sarah Frances is the [wife of] (771) Bartholomew, Arza Jr.

Places - Records: 2

  • (67) [birth] ~ New York
  • (224) [death] ~ Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (244) [enlisted] [G] ~ 21st Michigan Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Michigan County Marriages, 1822-1940, available from Ancestry.com; Arza Bartholomew Jr. to Sarah F. Bartholomew, 23 March 1863, DL0412, Nau Collection