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Robert Wilson Edgecomb Veteran

Birth: 14 May 1845
Lima, Allen County, Ohio, USA
Death: 16 Jan 1923 (aged 77)
Piatt County, Illinois, USA
Burial: LaPlace Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 149382629 View Source

Died of tuberculosis of the lungs. He was married to Mary Jane Ullery by John Metzger, prominent Brethren minister, at Macon Co. Illinois. He enlisted in the military on 9 Feb 1865 at Springfield, Illinois in Col I 150th Regiment, Illinois Infantry. He mustered out 16 Jan 1866. He served near Atlanta, Georgia.

He and his family moved to Crawford county, Kansas, in October 1875. He was one of the founders of Osage Church of the Brethren, McCune, Kansas, in 1875-78. In 1889, He and Mary Jane and some of their children moved back to Illinois near LaPlace in Piatt county.

Died of tuberculosis of the lungs. He was married to Mary Jane Ullery by John Metzger, prominent Brethren minister, at Macon Co. Illinois. He enlisted in the military on 9 Feb 1865 at Springfield, Illinois in Col I 150th Regiment, Illinois Infantry. He mustered out 16 Jan 1866. He served near Atlanta, Georgia.

He and his family moved to Crawford county, Kansas, in October 1875. He was one of the founders of Osage Church of the Brethren, McCune, Kansas, in 1875-78. In 1889, He and Mary Jane and some of their children moved back to Illinois near LaPlace in Piatt county.

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Mary Jane "Mollie" Ulery Edgecomb

1851–1927

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Created by: Lydialyn
Added: Jul 16, 2015
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149382629/robert_wilson-edgecomb: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Wilson Edgecomb (14 May 1845–16 Jan 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149382629, citing LaPlace Cemetery, LaPlace, Piatt County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Lydialyn (contributor 47264784).

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