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Pvt John Edwards

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Pvt John Edwards

Birth
Grayson County, Virginia, USA
Death
2 Apr 1865 (aged 39–40)
Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
F, 5398
Memorial ID
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Co C 98th Illinois Infantry

Residence EDGWOOD, EFFINGHAM CO, IL Age 37 Height 5'8 Hair DARK Eyes GREY Complexion DARK Marital Status MARRIED Occupation FARMER
Nativity GRAYSON CO, VA

Service Record
Joined AUG 9, 1862 MASON CO, IL
Joined By W MCCRACKEN Period 3 YRS
Muster In SEP 3, 1862 CAMP CENTRALIA, IL

DIED SEP 18, 1862 AT LOUISVILLE KY OF DISEASE (this is not correct)
-Illinois Secretary of State Civil War database

Originally buried at Selma, Ala.
Original document evidence places death at Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865.

Buried at Montgomery National Cemetery in grave B-160. Removed to Marietta National Cemetery in 1868 to grave originally numbered F-946.

EDWARDS, JNO
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 09/18/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION F SITE 5398
-VA grave locator

He married Martha Arnett in Lawrence Co, Indiana, in 1845. She filed for a widow's pension in 1865. She lived in Clay Co, Illinois.
Co C 98th Illinois Infantry

Residence EDGWOOD, EFFINGHAM CO, IL Age 37 Height 5'8 Hair DARK Eyes GREY Complexion DARK Marital Status MARRIED Occupation FARMER
Nativity GRAYSON CO, VA

Service Record
Joined AUG 9, 1862 MASON CO, IL
Joined By W MCCRACKEN Period 3 YRS
Muster In SEP 3, 1862 CAMP CENTRALIA, IL

DIED SEP 18, 1862 AT LOUISVILLE KY OF DISEASE (this is not correct)
-Illinois Secretary of State Civil War database

Originally buried at Selma, Ala.
Original document evidence places death at Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865.

Buried at Montgomery National Cemetery in grave B-160. Removed to Marietta National Cemetery in 1868 to grave originally numbered F-946.

EDWARDS, JNO
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 09/18/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION F SITE 5398
-VA grave locator

He married Martha Arnett in Lawrence Co, Indiana, in 1845. She filed for a widow's pension in 1865. She lived in Clay Co, Illinois.

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Ill.
Civil War



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  • Created by: Janet
  • Added: Aug 9, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40478867/john-edwards: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt John Edwards (1825–2 Apr 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40478867, citing Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Janet (contributor 46573654).