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Abigail Lary Edwards



Father: Mother:

Stevens Edwards
Deliverance Hamblen
Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
10/8/1803 Otisfield ME Bethel ME

Married:

Name: Marriage Date: Marriage Location: Father: Mother:
Ira Morse
Otisfeild ME
Nathan Morse Abigail Smith
Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
6/19/1802 Otisfield ME 11/1874 Grafton ME

Child(ren):

Name: Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
Alpheus Morse 6/17/1831 Otisfield ME Lewiston ME
Stevens Edwards Morse 4/2/1833 Otisfield ME 5/30/1907 Upton ME
Betsy Morse 3/10/1836 Otisfield ME
Bennett Morse 5/23/1839 Otisfield ME

Comments:

Family located: Otisfield ME (about 12 years); Upton ME
Occupation: Farmer

Stevens E. Morse enlisted in Civil War in Co. C, 11th Me. Vol. Regt. Inf., being enrolled July 17, 1863; and was discharged at Augusta, Me., Sept. 18, 1865.

Bennett Morse enlisted in battery E, 1st. Me. Regt., Light Vol. Artillery, enrolled Sept. 25, 1861; was discharged Jan. 4, 1864, when he re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer. He served in twenty-one engagements, and was finally discharged at Augusta, Me., July 6, 1865.

Ira Morse was the brother of Amos Morse

Other Info:

Census:

1840 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Ira Morse
1 male 1 female under 5
2 males 5-10
1 male 1 female 30-40

1860 Grafton (Oxford) ME
Alpheus Morse    57    Farmer    400    400
Abigail    57
Ira    29
Bennett    21

1870 Grafton (Oxford) ME
Morse Ira    68    Farmer    400    422    ME
_____ Abbigill    66    House Keeping    ME
_____ Bennett B    31    Farmer

1880 Grafton (Oxford) ME
Morse Bennett    41    Farmer    ME    ME    ME
_____ Jerusha A    27    Wife    Keeping house    ME    ME    ME
_____ ??ilda A    2    Daughter    ME    ME    ME
_____ Emma P    10/12    July    Daughter    ME    ME    ME
_____ Abigail L    75    Mother    works for ???    ME    ME    ME

Military:

Bennett Morse
Residence: Grafton, Maine
Occupation:
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 04 December 1861 at the age of 22; Enlisted in 5th Light Artillery Regiment Maine on 04 December 1861; Mustered out on 06 July 1865 in Augusta, ME
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine. (MERoster) Published in 1861-1866 by Stevens & Sayward