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Pvt Edward Giles

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Pvt Edward Giles Veteran

Birth
Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
Death
12 Feb 1866 (aged 33–34)
Burial
Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Edward Giles
5th USCT Pvt

d. 12th Feb. 1866
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Edward Giles was shot by his former "overseer" on a plantation in New Madrid, Mo., on the 12th of February 1866, when he traveled from his new home at Marietta, Ohio to New Madrid, Mo., to bring his mother-in-law to live in Marietta.

Instead, she escorted his dead body back to Marietta for burial in the Mound Cemetery.
Edward Giles
5th USCT Pvt

d. 12th Feb. 1866
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Edward Giles was shot by his former "overseer" on a plantation in New Madrid, Mo., on the 12th of February 1866, when he traveled from his new home at Marietta, Ohio to New Madrid, Mo., to bring his mother-in-law to live in Marietta.

Instead, she escorted his dead body back to Marietta for burial in the Mound Cemetery.


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  • Maintained by: James Ahaesy
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10514119/edward-giles: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Edward Giles (1832–12 Feb 1866), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10514119, citing Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by James Ahaesy (contributor 49059682).