Person:Sydney Edwards (1)

Sydney Danforth Edwards
b.Abt 1844 Maine
 
Facts and Events
Name Sydney Danforth Edwards
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1844 Maine
Marriage 24 Nov 1872 Oxford, Oxford, Maine, United Statesto Joanna Files Wardwell
Occupation? Huckster in 1880, Hardware Merchant

Sydney D. Edwards enlisted in Civil War, Jan., 1862, in Co. I, 5th. Me. Regt. Inf.; was discharged; re-enlisted Nov., 1863 in Co. B, 30th. Me. Regt. Inf.; being mustered into service Dec. 28; was transferred to Co. C, of same Regt. 1864; and was finally discharged Aug. 5, 1865. He participated in Red River Expedition.

He was for several years member of Board of Selectmen of Oxford, and also Supt of Schools of the same town. He was Trial Justice for over fourteen years.

Member of A. F. & A. M. of Maine; and T. A. Roberts Post, G. A. R. of Maine. -A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John Edwards. Lewellyn Nathaniel Edwards. Toronto, Ontario. 1916

References
  1. 1880 United States Census for Oxford, Oxford, Maine; Roll: T9 484; Family History Film: 1254484; Page: 244.2000; Enumeration District: 133; Image: 061.

    1880 United States Census for Oxford, Oxford, Maine; Roll: T9_484; Family History Film: 1254484; Page: 244.2000; Enumeration District: 133; Image: 0613