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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Edwin Payson Trafton |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
30 Jan 1840 |
Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States |
| Marriage |
20 Sep 1862 |
Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, United Statesto Rachel Tarr (add) |
| Military[4] |
From 1862 to 1863 |
Civil War, 28th Maine signal corps, taken prisoner |
| Occupation[3][4] |
1897 |
Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, United Statesfarmer |
| Death? |
14 May 1903 |
Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, United StatesSee image. Cause-suicide by hanging |
| Religion[4] |
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Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, United StatesFree Will Baptist |
Offices
Served as Town Clerk in Georgetown, Maine from 1872 to 1903.[2] Served as selectmen in 1874.[2] The Biographical Review of 1897 notes "he has been on the superintending school board more or less for the past thirty four years."[4]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edwin Payson Trafton (1840), in Maine, United States. Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900. (FamilySearch Record Search)
Online database, Accessed 15 Apr 2012.
name: Edwin Payson Trafton
gender: Male
birth date: 30 Jan 1840
birthplace: GEORGETOWN,SAGADAHOC,MAINE
father's name: Jotham Trafton
mother's name: Rosetta
indexing project (batch) number: C50302-1
system origin: Maine-ODM
source film number: 873976
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Town Officials", in Mitchell, Harry Edward. The town register: Phippsburg, Georgetown, Arrowsic, West Bath, Westport, 1906. (Brunswick, Maine: H E Mitchell Co, 1906)
p. 116, p 119, 1906.
Clerks of Georgetown: ..."E. P. Trafton. 1872-1903"...
Selectmen of Georgetown: "1874 - Jas. Oliver, B. F. Hinckley, E. P. Trafton."
- ↑ Martin Trafton, in Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties, Maine. (Boston, Mass: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1897)
p 97, Accessed 8 May 2015.
"Edwin P., one of the leading farmers of Georgetown, and the Town Clerk there"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Edwin P Trafton, in Biographical review: containing life sketches of leading citizens of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties, Maine. (Boston, Mass: Biographical Review Publishing Company, 1897)
p 235-236, accessed 8 May 2015.
"He was educated in the private schools and the high school of Georgetown and at the Maine State Seminary.
"...he stepped, as it were, from the school-room to the field of battle, enlisting September 10, 1862, under Captain E. B. Neal, of Company F, Twenty-eighth Maine Regiment, commanded by Colonel E. T. Woodman, and being mustered into service October 14, 1862. He was detailed on the signal service, and while in the performance of his duties was taken prisoner at Port Hudson, but was paroled. He took part in no engagement, returning home August 19, 1863.
"He has since followed farming with good success."
"In political affiliation Mr. Trafton is a Republican. His service as Town Clerk of Georgetown covers a period of a quarter-century; and he has been on the superintending school board more or less for the past thirty four years, performing the duties of each office with painstaking care, to the satisfaction of his fellow-townsmen.
"He is a member of the Free Will Baptist church, while Mrs. Trafton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church."
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