Edwin Crockett (1829 - 1907)

Born 20 Feb 1829 in Rockland, Maine, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Janet (Reid) Crockett — married 26 May 1862 in Henry County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1907 at age 78 in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho, USA

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Biography

Residence

1870 US Census; 29 Jun 1870; Damascus Township, Henry County, Ohio, United States

Edwin Crockett M 40 Maine; Farmer

Jessie Crockett F 30 Scotland

Thomas R Crockett M 7 Ohio

Josiah Crockett M 4 Ohio

Marion B Crockett F 2 Ohio

Mary Crockett F 9/12 Ohio ^[1]

1880 US Census; 9 Jun 1880; Arrow Rock Township, Salin County, Missouri, United States

David Crocket Self M 51 Maine; Farming

Jessie Crocket Wife F 40 Scotland

Thomas Crocket Son M 17 Ohio

Josiah Crocket Son M 14 Ohio

Marian Crocket Daughter F 12 Ohio

Mary Crocket Daughter F 10 Ohio

James Crocket Son M 8 Ohio

Edward Crocket Son M 6 Ohio

Charles Crocket Son M 3 Ohio

James Montgomery Other M 22 Kentucky ^[2]

Military

Pvt Edwin Crockett served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1863
Mustered out: 1865?
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. F. 65th New York Volunteer Infantry

Civil War Co. F. 65th NY Vol Infantry.^[3]

Find A Grave Memorial #6645422

Birth: Feb. 20, 1829 Rockland Knox County Maine, USA

Death: Sep. 3, 1912 Athol Kootenai County Idaho, USA

Private Edwin Crockett Served with Co.F 65th New York Vol. Inf. during the civil war of 1861-65. He was buried with full military honors in the Forest Cemetery Coeur d' Alene Idaho by the Local GAR Post. The Attached C-1864 photo of Ewin is from the GAR Posts membership records. The photos of his grave and the cemetery were taken in Oct. 1988.

Edwin was born in Rockland, Maine on February 20, 1829. His family moved to Ohio in 1831. As an adult, he caught "gold fever" and spent six years mining in California, Canada, and Idaho. After returning to Ohio, he married and then in 1863 volunteered as a private in company G, 65th New York infantry. He was engaged in the following battles: Wilderness Campaign, in the eight days' fight, beginning there and ending at Spottsylvania; Cold Harbor, Petersburg. Washington, Shenandoah Valley. He was wounded at Cedar Creek, and was taken to the hospital at York, where he remained six months. He returned to the service in time to engage in the battle of Richmond, after which he returned home to Ohio. He later moved to Missouri before settling in northern Idaho.

Spouse: Jessie R Crockett (1840 - 1920)*

Children: Marion Crockett Vesser (1867 - 1946)* Charles Crockett (1877 - 1934)*

Forest Cemetery Coeur d'Alene Kootenai County Idaho, USA Plot: Veterans Section^[4]

To view Edwin's photo and grave provided by Herbert Rickards Find A Grave: Memorial #6645422

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62V-HNY : 14 June 2019), Mary Crockett in entry for Edwin Crockett, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6F6-TN3 : 7 September 2017), James Montgomery in household of David Crocket, Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 71, sheet 581A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,716.
3. ↑ NOTE: Records are available on Fold3.com but they do not list muster dates [Accessed 16 July 2015], so the dates above on the template are based upon the information from Findagrave and historical date of the fall of Richmond, Virginia.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #6645422

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX77-5ZJ : accessed 16 July 2015), Edwin Crockett in household of James Crockett, Adams, Seneca, Ohio, United States; citing family 1063, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

From Arrow Rock Township Biographies, page 545

Edwin Crockett, P. O., Marshall. Born in Rockland, Maine, February 20, 1829. His father, James Crockett, was born in Maine, April 9, 1798. On the 10th of January, 1822, he was married to Mary Haskell, a daughter of an old revolutionary soldier. They had eleven children, six of whom are now living, four girls and two boys. Edwin, Edward, Annie, Amanda, Celia, Marian E. About the year 1831, James Crockett moved with this family to Seneca county, Ohio, where he died in the autumn of 1873. His wife died in the spring of the same year. Both lie buried in said county. During his early life, he followed the sea. While living in Ohio, he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Edwin Crockett, the fifth child, was raised on a farm. During youth, he attended the common schools. At an early age he graduated at an academy in the town of Republic, Thomas Harvey, principal. At the age of 23, he had a severe attack of the “gold fever,” which carried him off to California, overland route, where he remained six years, engaged in mining. While here he was moderately successful. From here he went to Frazer river, Dominion of Canada, where he remained two years mining. Next we find him on the border, mining and trading during one summer. From here he went to Washington territory, where he lived for six months during the winter of 1860-61, engaged in splitting rails. He next went to Idaho, being among the first to enter that territory. With four others, he invested $7,000 in a mine, which yielded them $23,000, a handsome profit. He then went back to Ohio. On the 26th of May, 1862, he was married to Miss Jessie, daughter of Thomas Reed, a Scotchman, from the county of Ayr. They have a family of seven children, all living, five boys and two girls: Thomas, Josiah, James, Edward, Charles, Marion and Mary. In 1863, he volunteered as a private in company G, 65th New York infantry. He was engaged in the following battles: Wilderness, in the eight days’ fight, beginning there and ending at Spottsylvania; Cold Harbor, Petersburg. Washington, Shenandoah Valley. He was wounded at Cedar creek, and was taken to the hospital at York, where he remained six months. He returned to the service in time to engage in the battle of Richmond, after which he returned home. He lived in Henry county, Ohio, engaged in farming, until February 1880, when he moved to Saline county, Missouri, and settled on the farm where he now resides, nine miles east of Marshall, on the Arrow Rock road. His farm consists of 226 acres of very fine land.

Listed on Find A Grave at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6645422

Private Edwin Crockett served with Co.F 65th New York Vol. Inf. during the civil war of 1861-65. He was buried with full military honors in the Forest Cemetery Coeur d' Alene Idaho by the Local GAR Post.

Edwin was born in Rockland, Maine on February 20, 1829. His family moved to Ohio in 1831. As an adult, he caught "gold fever" and spent six years mining in California, Canada, and Idaho. After returning to Ohio, he married and then in 1863 volunteered as a private in company G, 65th New York infantry. He was engaged in the following battles: Wilderness Campaign, in the eight days' fight, beginning there and ending at Spottsylvania; Cold Harbor, Petersburg. Washington, Shenandoah Valley. He was wounded at Cedar Creek, and was taken to the hospital at York, where he remained six months. He returned to the service in time to engage in the battle of Richmond, after which he returned home to Ohio. He later moved to Missouri before settling in northern Idaho.

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