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Walter Edgecomb

Male 1819 - Deceased


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  • Name Walter Edgecomb 
    Born 6 Aug 1819 
    Gender Male 
    Died Deceased 
    Notes 
    • History of Allen County, Ohio (Warner, Beers & Co. 188
      Bath Township

      Walter Edgecomb, farmer, P.O. Beaver Dam, was born in Trumbull County,
      Ohio, August 6, 1819, son of Uriah and Betsey (Doud) Edgecomb, nativ
      Connecticut, who settled in Bath Township, this county, in 1832, locating on
      the farm now occupied by John Blaine, which they cleared and improved. They
      had a family of thirteen children: Uriah (deceased), Marilla (wife of Josiah
      DeLong), Ezra (deceased), Lansil (deceased), Clarinda (deceased), Rober
      Walter, Lydia (deceased), Amy (deceased), Ann (wife of Elisha C. Pangle
      Marquis, Sarah (wife of Lewis Bassitt) and an infant son (deceased). Uriah
      Edgecomb afterward purchased the place now known as the Hiram Protsman farm,
      where he resided up to 1857, when he removed to Richland Township, this
      county, and died on the farm now owned by his son, Marquis, in 1861, at the
      age of seventy-four years. Our subject was in his thirteenth year when his
      parents settled in Bath Township. He received a limited education in the
      district schools of his time, and when eighteen years of age started in life
      for himself, working on a farm by the day and month until he was twenty-one.
      He was married November 18, 1840, to Laura, daughter of Samuel and Elsie
      (Lewis) Bassitt, who settled in Bath Township in 1836, and by this union there
      were eleven children: Ann E. (wife of Reuben White), James (deceased), and
      infant daughter (deceased), Lewis A. (killed at the Battle of Atlanta, Ga.,
      July 21, 1864), Loretta (wife of Hiram Barber), Sarah E. (wife of S. Philips),
      Samuel S. (deceased), and Lansil. After his marriage, our subject engaged in
      farming on a rented farm. He has owned two farms besides the one he now
      occupies, clearing and improving a part of both. In 1856 he located on his
      present farm, all of which he has cleared and improved, and where he has
      resided ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Edgecomb are members of the Disciples Church.
      He filled the office of trustee for many years, and held several other minor
      offices in the township. Our subject is one of the leading farmers of Bath. In
      politics he is a Republican.
    Person ID I07610  1A William Bassett of Plymouth
    Last Modified 23 Sep 2011 

    Father Uriah Edgecomb,   d. Deceased 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Betsey Doud,   d. Deceased 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F03327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laura Bassett,   b. 17 Jun 1824, Cortland County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1904  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 13 Nov 1840  Allen County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ann Edgecomb,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     2. James Edgecomb,   d. Bef 1885  [Natural]
     3. Unknown Edgecomb,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     4. Lewis A. Edgecomb,   d. 21 Jul 1864  [Natural]
     5. Loretta Edgecomb,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     6. Sarah Ellen Edgecomb,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     7. Alba Edgecomb,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     8. Mary J. Edgecomb,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     9. Elsie Maria Edgecomb,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
     10. Samuel S. Edgecomb,   d. Bef 1885  [Natural]
     11. Lansil Edgecomb,   d. Deceased  [Natural]
    Family ID F03326  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart