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Abial Hall Scribner Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Samuel Goodale Edwards |
Dorcas Caswell Whitney | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 5/28/1843 | Casco ME | 10/15/1877 | Casco ME |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Anna Lucinda Conant | 10/18/1869 | Portland ME | Martin Conant | Sarah Knowles Foster |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 11/4/1842 | Canton ME | 2/11/1905 | Lawrence MA |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
| Edith Josephine Edwards | 9/25/1870 | Chelsea MA | 9/11/1903 | Lawrence MA |
| Philip Waldo Edwards | 6/14/1873 | Chelsea MA | 10/2/1909 | Portland ME |
| Ethel May Edwards | 8/14/1876 | Canton ME | 10/22/1877 | Casco ME |
Comments:
Family located:
Chelsea MA
Occupation: Boot
and Shoe Dealer; Inventor
Abial H. Edwards served throughout the Civil War. He was enrolled Sept., 1861; mustered in Oct. 4, 1861; and honorably discharged May 7, 1863. He served in the 1st., 9th., 10th., and 29th., Regiments. he was Corporal of Co. K, 9th., Regt. Inf. He was Brigade Mail Agent for some time, and for several months after peace was declared he had charge of the Confederate Mail at Charlestown, S. C.
Member of IOOF of ME; and Bosworth Post, GAR of ME.
Other Info:
| Census: |
1870 Chelsea (Suffolk) MA
Edwards, Abial H 27 Chair Dealer 3000 1800
_____ Anna 27 Keeping House
_____ Josephine 18
_____ Catherine 17
| Military: |
Residence:
Casco, Maine
Occupation:
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 04 October 1861 at the age of
19; Enlisted in Company K, 10th Infantry Regiment Maine on 04 October
1861; Mustered out on 07 May 1863
Residence:
Portland, Maine
Occupation:
Service Record:; Enlisted as a Corporal on 13 November 1863 at the age
of 20; Enlisted in Company K, 29th Infantry Regiment Maine on 13
November 1863 on 21 June 1866
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine.
(MERoster) Published in 1861-1866 by Stevens & Sayward
| Cemetery: |
Abial Edwards is buried in Green Grove Cemetery, Casco ME.
| Published History/Genealogy: |
For more
information about Abial Edwards, see:
Kallgren, Beverly Hayes & Crouthamel, James L. (editors), "DEAR
FRIEND ANNA": THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF A COMMON SOLDIER FROM MAINE,
University of Maine Press, Orono, ME
The original letters are at the Casco Library
| Online: |
For more information about the ancestors of Anna Lucinda Conant, see this section of Canton, Oxford, Maine Genealogy Project