George Edgar Wentworth (1842 - 1881)

Born 14 Mar 1842 in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Susan Weatherbee (Parker) Wentworth — married 19 Mar 1864 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 14 Oct 1881 at age 39 in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States

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Biography

Birth

George Edgar Wentworth was born on 14 Mar 1842 at Alstead, New Hampshire, the son of Jacob Warren Wentworth and Louisa (Yaulding) Wentworth,^[1] with whom he was living at Alstead in 1850 at the age of eight.^[2]

Marriage

George Edgar Wentworth married Susan "Susie" Wetherbee Parker at Lowell, Massachuisetts, on 19 Mar 1864.^[3][1] In 1865, George E. Wentworth, 23, soldier, and Susan W. Wentworth, 23, were living with Susan's widowed mother and other members of her family at Lowell.^[4] In 1870, George E. Wentworth, 28, U.S. Marshal, and Susan Wentworth, 28, were living at Pensacola, Florida, with a one-year-old daughter and a nurse.^[5] In 1880, George E. Wentworth, 38, Clerk, U. S. C., and Susan Wentworth, 38, were living at Pensacola with five children, ages one to 11.^[6]

Civil War Service

During the American Civil War, George Edgar Wentworth enlisted in the 30th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment] on 2 Oct 1861. On 19 Jan 1864, he was made captain of the 4th Louisiana Native Guards, a regiment of African-American troops. He was later made lieutenant colonel of the 82nd Colored Infantry Regiment. He mustered out of the Army on 22 Sep 1866.^[1]

Political Career

George Edgar Wentworth was elected to the Florida State Senate in 1868. In 1869, he was appointed the United States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida.^[1]

Death

The gravestone of George E. Wentworth at Saint John's Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida, says that he was born on 14 Mar 1842 and died on 14 Oct 1881, aged 39 years, 7 months.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} John Wentworth, The Wentworth genealogy: English and American (Boston, Mass., 1878), volume 2, page 511
2. ↑ Geo. Wentworth in the Warren Wentworth family, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > household 15 > family 16 > image 2 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Marriage record of George E. Wentworth and Susan W. Parker, in Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch > Births, marriages (1841-1895), and deaths (1841-1899) > City of Lowell > Marriages 1864 > voluime 172 > page 102 > FHL film #004332357 > image 887 of 1082; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ Nancy L. Parker family, in Massachusetts State Census, 1865, database with images, FamilySearch > Middlesex > Lowell, Ward 04 > hopusehold 60 > family 68 > image 13 of 79; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ Geo. E. Wentworth family, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > Florida > Escambia > Pensacola > household 441 > family 420 > image 61 of 86; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ Geo. E. Wentworth family, in United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch > Florida > Escambia > Pensacola > ED 44 > image 37 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #24967057 for George Edgar Wentworth, with photo of gravestone of George E. Wentworth