From "Thurston Genealogy by Brown Thurston": --"...EDWARD HIRAM, b. in Readfield, Maine May 5, 1847; m.-- 1st, Sept. 3, 1867, Agnes Maria Dorsev, b. in Malone, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1846, dau. of Richard and Sarah L. (Wentworth) Dorsey of Oberlin; Agnes d. in Little Rock, Ark., Sept., 1880; m.—2nd, in Oberlin, Aug., 1887, Christeen Linder. Mr. Edward Hiram Thurston is a mnfr. of cheese boxes, hoops, headings, etc. Dec. to, 1863, enlisted in the 128th Ohio reg. and was stationed at Johnson's Island, as guard to rebel prisoners, mostly officers, and was discharged at Camp Chase, July 13, 1865. "Spent from Sept., 1875. to April, 1877, in Alabama and Mississippi, mostly at Quitman, Miss., with my family, and enjoyed ourselves very much ;1880 in Oberlin; 1889 mnfr. of hardwood and poplar lumber in Athens, Tenn. They have: 1.-- Lettie Eugenie b. in Oberlin, June 2, 1869; bookkeeper in Cleveland, O. 2-- Lucy Adaline b. April 25, 1850; d. in Bath, Me., March I, 1851."
From "Thurston Genealogy by Brown Thurston": --"...EDWARD HIRAM, b. in Readfield, Maine May 5, 1847; m.-- 1st, Sept. 3, 1867, Agnes Maria Dorsev, b. in Malone, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1846, dau. of Richard and Sarah L. (Wentworth) Dorsey of Oberlin; Agnes d. in Little Rock, Ark., Sept., 1880; m.—2nd, in Oberlin, Aug., 1887, Christeen Linder. Mr. Edward Hiram Thurston is a mnfr. of cheese boxes, hoops, headings, etc. Dec. to, 1863, enlisted in the 128th Ohio reg. and was stationed at Johnson's Island, as guard to rebel prisoners, mostly officers, and was discharged at Camp Chase, July 13, 1865. "Spent from Sept., 1875. to April, 1877, in Alabama and Mississippi, mostly at Quitman, Miss., with my family, and enjoyed ourselves very much ;1880 in Oberlin; 1889 mnfr. of hardwood and poplar lumber in Athens, Tenn. They have: 1.-- Lettie Eugenie b. in Oberlin, June 2, 1869; bookkeeper in Cleveland, O. 2-- Lucy Adaline b. April 25, 1850; d. in Bath, Me., March I, 1851."
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