Hiram was born in 1844. He is the son of John Edmonds and Margaret Miller Edmonds. [1]
This profile is a collaborative work-in-progress. Can you contribute information or sources? EDMONDS HIRAM P. Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Taylor; born in this Co. in 1843; married Helen Waldo in 1867; she was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1842; have three children; Theodate M., born in 1869; Susie M., 1870; Jay D., 1874; Mr. Edmonds and family are members of the M. E. Church; he owns a farm of 160 acres of very choice land, in a most flourishing condition, and estimated as worth $16,000; enlisted in 92d Ill. Mounted V. I. in Aug., 1863, and served during the war, being in all the engagements with his Regt., except when on courier duty with his company K., during the battles of Chicamauga and Mission Ridge, which was a post of danger and honor; the record of his Regt. is in the army record in this work; he was mustered out in 1865.
The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 640.
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