| Interment Location | Visited | |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh, PA | May 28, 2026 |
Fast Facts
Born: July 6, 1759 in Baltimore, Maryland
Spouses: Ann Bedford Barney (m. 1780-1808); Harriet Coale Barney (m. 1809-1818)
Military Service: Commodore — U.S. Navy; Capitaine de Vaissenu de Premier — French Navy
Died: December 1, 1818 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Age: 59
Interment: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Sir: Immediately after the affair of the Chesapeake (July 4th.) I went to Mr. Jefferson, making him a tender of my personal services. As our country seems yet to be menaced by foreign powers, I still hold it my duty to continue that offer, which I now do to you as President of the United States. I do it the more cheerfully because I am not unknown to you personally. I shall always feel a sincere pleasure in contributing my feeble abilities in any manner you please, for the good of our country and still more so when it is to support an Administration whose principles perfectly coincide with my own."
- Joshua Barney
March 9, 1809, in a letter to President James Madison
Sources Consulted and Further Reading
Hoskins, Rebecca. “HISTORICAL SOCIETY NOTES AND DOCUMENTS: THE DEATH AND INTERMENT OF JOSHUA BARNEY.” Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 65, no. 1: (1982), 75-78. https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/view/3761/3579.