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Calvin J Edney

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Calvin J Edney

Birth
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Death
20 Jun 1862 (aged 58–59)
Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Edneyville, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Name in all records listed as Calvin Edney.
He enlisted in the 25th N.C. Infantry Regiment, Co. A, Edney's Greys, on May 15, 1861. He was discharged June 18, 1862, by "reason of disability."
He died within a couple of weeks after returning to Henderson County (June 1862).
His grave site was not known. It most likely is located at the Asa Edney Family Cemetery (Townsend) in Edneyville. This stone was recently placed.
He was a son of Asa Edney and Sarah Mills Edney.
He and his wife, Lucinda Wilson, moved to Yancey County prior to 1834.
Al but one of his children were born in Yancey Couunty.
He returned to Henderson County after the death of his parents and his wife. The grave site of his wife, Lucinda Wilson Edney (born abt 1812 in North Carolina and died in 1856 in Yancey County) is not known.
Therefore, he was living in Henderson County when the war began.
Name in all records listed as Calvin Edney.
He enlisted in the 25th N.C. Infantry Regiment, Co. A, Edney's Greys, on May 15, 1861. He was discharged June 18, 1862, by "reason of disability."
He died within a couple of weeks after returning to Henderson County (June 1862).
His grave site was not known. It most likely is located at the Asa Edney Family Cemetery (Townsend) in Edneyville. This stone was recently placed.
He was a son of Asa Edney and Sarah Mills Edney.
He and his wife, Lucinda Wilson, moved to Yancey County prior to 1834.
Al but one of his children were born in Yancey Couunty.
He returned to Henderson County after the death of his parents and his wife. The grave site of his wife, Lucinda Wilson Edney (born abt 1812 in North Carolina and died in 1856 in Yancey County) is not known.
Therefore, he was living in Henderson County when the war began.


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