Edwin Harris Darling (1839 - 1899)

Born 28 Jan 1839 in Calais, Washington County, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Georgiana (Smith) Darling — married 2 Feb 1882 in Newmarket, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1899 at age 60 in Boston, Massachusetts

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Biography

Edwin Harris Darling was born in 1839 in Calais, Washington County, Maine to Lucy Sargent Darling. Timothy Darling raised Edwin Harris Darling but indications in Timothy Darling's will (and a DNA test) suggest that he was not, in fact, Edwin's father.

J Rice, Town Clerk recorded Edwin's birth: "Edwin Harris, son of Timothy and Lucy Darling born in Calais JANY 28 1838."

Williams College Class of 1859.

A law student. Admitted to the NY Bar in the spring of 1861. Moved to Boston.

For a brief time he was editor of the Charlestown Chronicle. Bail Commissioner of Suffolk county for a decade. In 1883 appointed Master of Chancery.

Married twice:

1. Julia Finley Kinney - marriage date 1863/1864 in Ohio.

2. Georgiana Smith - marriage date 2 February 1882 in Newmarket, New Hampshire.

Died in Boston 24 March 1899.

Sources

Personal research.

Recorded by J Rice Town Clerk, page 315. Records (birth) of Calais Maine, Volume 2, Compiled by Sharon Howland.

New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947

1860 - 1880 US Federal Censuses.

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Directories & Member Lists, Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915

Men of Progress - One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders, edited by Edwin Monroe Bacon, page 123 - 124.

Epes Sargent of Gloucester and his Descendants, 1923, by Emma Worcester Sargent