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Abner Johnson Edwards



Father: Mother:

John Edwards
Mary Wesson Smith
Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
10/3/1840Otisfield ME12/26/1899Otisfield ME

Married:

Name: Marriage Date: Marriage Location: Father: Mother:
Elvira M Barker 12/5/1873 Naples? ME Stephen Barker Abigail Wight
Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
6/9/1841
8/22/1896 Casco ME

Child(ren):

Name: Birth Date: Birth Location: Death Date: Death Location:
Mary Abigail Edwards 5/16/1876 Otisfield ME 5/16/1878 Otisfield ME




Comments:

Family located: Otisfield ME; Casco ME
Occupation:

Abner Johnson Edwards was in Capt. Samuel Wardwell's Co. (unassigned) in the Civil War. he was mustered in Apr. 11, 1865; and was mustered out May 13, 1865.

Other Info:

Census:

1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Edwards Abner    39    Farmer    ME    VT    ME
_____ Vira M    38    Wife    Keeping house    ME    ME    ME
_____ Miriam    48    Sister    without occupation    insane    ME    VT    ME

Military:

Abner Edwards
Residence: Otisfield, Maine
Occupation:
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 April 1865 at the age of 24; Enlisted in Company 27th, Unassigned Infantry Regiment Maine on 11 April 1865; Mustered out on 13 May 1865 in Augusta, ME
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine. (MERoster) Published in 1861-1866 by Stevens & Sayward

Cemetery:

Abner Johnson Edwards, wife Elvira, and daughter Mary are buried in Forrest Edwards' Cemetery, Otisfield ME.

Online:

For more information about the ancestors of Elvira M Barker, see this section of The Wight Family Genealogy.