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Robert Wilson Edgecomb (1845 - 1923)

Robert Wilson Edgecomb
Born in Lima, Allen, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 10 Oct 1867 in LaPlace, Piatt, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Father of , , , , and
Died at age 77 in LaPlace, Piatt, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

Robert Wilson Edgecomb. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Born 14 May 1845. Lima, Allen, Ohio, USA. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Died 16 Jan 1923. Laplace, Macon, Illinois, USA. [22][23]

Military Service: 150th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Union Side. 9 Feb 1865. Decatur, IL. [24][25][26] Service: 1861-1865[27] Service: 16 Jan 1866. Atlanta, GA. [28]

Buried Laplace, Illinois, United States. [29][30]

Residence 1870 Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States. [31] Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head. 1897 "R.W. Edgecomb of LaPlace", Cerro Gordo Township, according to the following newspaper article describing the accident which killed his brother Uriah: https://www.newspapers.com/image/87563455/?terms=Uriah&match=1 1910 Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, USA. [32] 1860 Bath, Allen, Ohio, USA. [33] 1850 Bath, Allen, Ohio, USA. [34] Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head. 1900 Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, USA. [35] Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Self. 1880 Osage, Crawford, Kansas, USA. [36] NOTE: They had moved to Kansas between 1874 and 1876 (son Harvey born 1874 in Illinois, but died 1876 in Kansas). One source says that they moved in October 1875.

File Format: jpg. Edgecombe, Fouts, Cornthwaite, Bready, Wells. Format: jpg. Robert Edgecomb Civil War Pensions Index.

Marriage Husband Robert Wilson Edgecomb. Wife Mary Jane Ulery. Child: Nellie Jane Edgecomb. Child: John Edgecomb. Child: Minnie Edgecomb. Child: Harvey Willard Edgecomb. Child: Mary Edgecomb. Child: Henry Franklin Edgecomb. Marriage 1868 Laplace, Macon, Illinois. [37]

Newpaper article: The McCune Times (McCune, Kansas) 04 November 1882, Page 3, under Mt. Carmel School lists students of "perfect deportment", including Robert's children: Nettie, Minnie, and Johnie Edgecomb (Nettie is perhaps another nickname for Nellie). NOTE: The family lived in Kansas during the 1880 U.S. Census and 1885 Kansas State Census, but it is not yet clear when they moved back to Illinois (certainly before the 1900 U.S. Census).

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S-156774996 Year: 1880; Census Place: Osage, Crawford, Kansas; Roll: 378; Family History Film: 1254378; Page: 102A; Enumeration District: 058; Image: 0314
  2. ↑ Source: #S-156777353 Year: 1900; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: 336; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1240336
  3. ↑ Source: #S-156687088 Year: 1850; Census Place: Bath, Allen, Ohio; Roll: M432_657; Page: 247B; Image: 498
  4. ↑ Source: #S-156774913 Year: 1860; Census Place: Bath, Allen, Ohio; Roll: M653_929; Page: 411; Image: 305; Family History Library Film: 803929
  5. ↑ Source: #S-156775760 Year: 1910; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: T624_317; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0150; FHL microfilm: 1374330
  6. ↑ Source: #S-156687021
  7. ↑ Source: #S-156687002
  8. ↑ Source: #S-156778219
  9. ↑ Source: #S-156686409 Year: 1870; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: M593_268; Page: 323B; Image: 454; Family History Library Film: 545767
  10. ↑ Source: #S-156795420
  11. ↑ Source: #S-142939028
  12. ↑ Source: #S-141743791
  13. ↑ Source: #S-141743645
  14. ↑ Source: #S-156774996 Year: 1880; Census Place: Osage, Crawford, Kansas; Roll: 378; Family History Film: 1254378; Page: 102A; Enumeration District: 058; Image: 0314
  15. ↑ Source: #S-156777353 Year: 1900; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: 336; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1240336
  16. ↑ Source: #S-156687088 Year: 1850; Census Place: Bath, Allen, Ohio; Roll: M432_657; Page: 247B; Image: 498
  17. ↑ Source: #S-156774913 Year: 1860; Census Place: Bath, Allen, Ohio; Roll: M653_929; Page: 411; Image: 305; Family History Library Film: 803929
  18. ↑ Source: #S-156775760 Year: 1910; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: T624_317; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0150; FHL microfilm: 1374330
  19. ↑ Source: #S-156686409 Year: 1870; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: M593_268; Page: 323B; Image: 454; Family History Library Film: 545767
  20. ↑ Source: #S-156795420
  21. ↑ Source: #S-142939028
  22. ↑ Source: #S-156778219
  23. ↑ Source: #S-156795420
  24. ↑ Source: #S-156687002
  25. ↑ Source: #S-142939028
  26. ↑ Source: #S-141743791
  27. ↑ Source: #S-142939028
  28. ↑ Source: #S-142939028
  29. ↑ Source: #S-156778219
  30. ↑ Source: #S-156795420
  31. ↑ Source: #S-156686409 Year: 1870; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: M593_268; Page: 323B; Image: 454; Family History Library Film: 545767
  32. ↑ Source: #S-156775760 Year: 1910; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: T624_317; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0150; FHL microfilm: 1374330
  33. ↑ Source: #S-156774913 Year: 1860; Census Place: Bath, Allen, Ohio; Roll: M653_929; Page: 411; Image: 305; Family History Library Film: 803929
  34. ↑ Source: #S-156687088 Year: 1850; Census Place: Bath, Allen, Ohio; Roll: M432_657; Page: 247B; Image: 498
  35. ↑ Source: #S-156777353 Year: 1900; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: 336; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1240336
  36. ↑ Source: #S-156774996 Year: 1880; Census Place: Osage, Crawford, Kansas; Roll: 378; Family History Film: 1254378; Page: 102A; Enumeration District: 058; Image: 0314
  37. ↑ Source: #S-156777353 Year: 1900; Census Place: Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois; Roll: 336; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0127; FHL microfilm: 1240336
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