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Nathaniel 3
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Silas Blake Edwards



Father: Mother:



Isaiah Edwards
Betsy Elizabeth Peabody

Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:

2/19/1838 Otisfield ME 3/14/1914 Windham ME

Married:

Name: Marriage Date: Marriage Location: Father: Mother:
Mary Elizabeth Haskell 2/12/1860 Harrison ME Simeon Haskell Mary Harmon

Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:


Harrison ME 1/1/1866 Otisfield ME
Name: Marriage Date: Marriage Location: Father: Mother:
Melissa Ann Scribner 4/25/1867 Otisfield ME Levi Scribner
Anna Edwards

Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:

7/10/1843 Otisfield ME 8/22/1912 Windham ME

Child(ren):

Name: Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
Ida Maria Edwards 5/23/1861 Otisfield ME

Granville Hicks Edwards 11/1/1862 Otisfield ME

Euleta May Edwards 7/19/1868 Otisfield ME

Annie Belle Edwards 5/24/1872 Otisfield ME 7/11/1912 Windham ME
Ernest Charles Edwards 3/28/1874 Otisfield ME

(son) Edwards 9/19/1876 Otisfield ME
Otisfield ME
Silas Scribner Edwards 9/10/1887 Gorham ME

Myrtle Harriet Edwards 11/18/1889 Gorham ME

Comments:

Family located: Otisfield ME
Occupation: Farmer; Employee in Mill; rural Mail Carrier (1903 - 1910)

Silas Blake Edwards enlisted in the Civil War, Sept. 10, 1862; was mustered in Sept. 29, 1862, Co. C, 25th. Me. Regt., Inf.; and was mustered out July 11, 1863. He was at one time a Deputy Sheriff.

Ernest Charles Edwards graduated from Bowdoin College in 1898. He was at one time connected with International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pa.

Other Info:

Census:

1860 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Oliver Spurr    65    Farmer    900    465    Otisfield
James G How    14    Bridgton
Silas B Edwards    22    Farmer    Otisfield
Mary “    Wife    Harrison

1870 The Town of Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Silas B    32    Farm Laborer    800    605    ME
_____ Melissa A    27    Keeping House    ME
_____ Ida M    9    At Home    ME
_____ Granville H    7    At Home    ME
_____Euleta    1    At Home    ME

1880 Windham (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Silas B    42    work in pulp mill    ME    ME    ME
_____ Malissa A    35    Wife    Keeping House    ME    ME    ME
_____ Granville    18    Son    At Home    ME    ME    ME
_____ Eulelia M    11    Daughter    At School    ME    ME    ME
_____ Annie B    8    Daughter    At School    ME    ME    ME
_____ Charles E    6    Son    ME    ME    ME
Cusaria Durfee    28    Boarder    Laborer    ME    ME    ME
_____ Lizzie J    26    Boarder    Boarder    ME    ME    ME
_____ Willie J    1        ME    ME    ME
Edwards Abbie R    34    Sister in law    Boarder    ME    ME    ME

1900 Windham town (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Silas    Feb 1838    M 32    ME    ME    ME    Laborer in mill
_____ Mellisa    July 1843    M 32    5    5    ME    ME    ME
_____ Annie B    Dau    May 1872    S    ME    ME    ME    School Teacher
_____ Silas S    Son    Sept 1887    S    ME    ME    ME    at School
_____ Myrtle    Dau    Nov    1889    S    ME    ME    ME    at School

1910 Windham (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Silas B    72    M2    40    ME    ME    ME    Mail Carrier    Rural
_____ Melissa A    67    M2    40    6    5    ME    ME    ME    none
_____ Silas S    Son    22    S    ME    ME    ME    Cutter    Shoe Shop
_____ Myrtle H    Daughter    20    S    ME    ME    ME    none

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For more information about the ancestors of Mary Elizabeth Haskell, see this section of Haskell, Hussey, Parsons, Hostetter.