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Veterans with Roots in Edwards
From Military and Cemetery Sources in Edwards
History Center
Compiled
November 1999
Since
Veterans Day occurs during the month of November, it is fitting
that those who were in the service during the conflicts through
WWII and are recorded in Edwards, be brought from the local
archives to be honored by those who have benefited by their
selfless efforts.
More information on many of these people can be researched in the
Edwards History Center by making an appointment with the Historian,
LaVerne Freeman at 562-3500.
| Revolutionary
War – Buried in
Edwards |

Pvt.Abel Pratt
NH, Cont'l Green Mountain Boys at Ticonderoga. In the
Quebec, Canada Expedition. Service to 1780. Born
1757. Died 1840 in Edwards. Buried Payne Cemetery.
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William
Cotton
Joseph Matteson
Abel Pratt
Noah Shaw
Eliphalet Smith
Ephraim Stiles |

Pvt. Eliphalet Smith
MA. Served in Boston Siege, Battles of Stillwater and
Ticonderoga, and was at Valley Forge. Born Sandisfield, MA
in 1759. Died 1849 Edwards. Buried Riverside Cemetery.
Epitaph on bottom of stone - A Revolutionary Soldier who
fought for the liberty we now enjoy. |
| Spanish-American
War - Buried in Edwards |

Sgt. Frank Wesley Ingraham
Co. A, 9th Reg't, Infantry, U.S. Army, served in the
Philippines during the Spanish-American War and then was
sent to China where his outfit was active in the Boxer
Rebellion. He returned to his native Edwards to live
where his medals were preserved by his family. Died
1962, age 89, and buried in Fairview Cemetery |
Martin
Henry Hogue
Frank Wesley Ingraham
Alexander Oswald
Noyes
Herbert Wheeler |
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Civil War
Edwards Records - not
all buried here
Some
of these enlisted here, but lived in other communities
* Died in Service
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Pvt. Horace Barnes
9th Reg't,Cavalry, NY Volunteers. 1816- 6 June 1862.
Died in a hospital in Washington, D.C. of a fever.
Buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia

Thomas McFerran
Died from disease contracted in Potsdam at the Rendevous, on
7 Feb 1862. Buried Riverside Cemetery, Edwards

Pvt. George E. Finley
Served Co. A. 8th Reg't Wis. Inf., from 13 Aug 1861 to 16
Sep 1864. Discharged at Memphis, Tenn. He
returned to Town of Fine where he spent his life.

Erskine M. Parmelee
7ty Inf. Reg't NY Vol.

Sgt. Sanford D. Parmelee
Co. L., 9th Cavalry Reg't of Buford's Division, NY Vol.
Joined army 22 Nov 1861 at Russell, NY. Killed during
a cavalry charge near Brandy Station, VA on 11 Oct 1863.
He was buried on the battlefield. The Edwards chapter of the
GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) was named in his honor.

Silas Bennett Wood
August 6, 1821-April 13, 1868
Civil War veteran, Company D, 60th Infantry, Regiment
N.Y.S.V. Served 2 enlistments. Buried in South Edwards
Cemetery.
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* Charles Adams
* George F. Allen
Ira Allen
John Allen
(Russell) Asa Allen
Wilbur Allen
* William Backus
* Asrow J. Bannister
* Horace Barnes
* Horace Barnes II
Calvin Beach
Miles Beach
Samuel T. Bennett
Horace W. Bowen
Edwin E. Brand
Asa Henry Brayton
Walter Bronson
* Harvey Brown
Richard Bruner
Robert Bruner
William Bullock
Solomon Burr
Calvin Burt (last entry in book)
George Carpenter
Noah Carpenter
Andrew Clark
Joseph Cleveland
James M. Cole
George Cotton
Asa Daniels
Henry O. Daniels
* James Arthur Daniels
Leander Daniels
Charles Leaser Davenport
Charles E. Demmons
* Hannibal Downs
James B. Downs
John D. Downs
Michael Dulack
Daniel Earl
Eli P. Earl
Franklin Earl
Homer Earl
* Royal Earl
Thomas Elliot
Henry Ferguson
Israel Ferguson
Milo Ferguson
George E. Finley (enlisted Wis)
George Washington Flack
* John Fletcher
James H. Fordham
Amos Fowler
James Fowler
* Theodosius Fowler
Henry Gaddis
George Gage
* Henry R. Gale
Harris Gardner
George Gates
* Harvey W. Gates
Nelson Gates
Lucian Gates
Warren Glasby (1st in records)
Justus Picket Gordon
Squire Charles Gordon
John Gore
* William
Gotham
Thomas
Grant
Robert Brodie
Grieve
* A.D.C.
Guild
William G.A.
Guild
* James E.
Guiles
* George K.
Haile
Erwin
Hall
Silas B.
Hall
Hiram
Harlow
James W.
Harmon
Henry
Harris
Wright
Havens
Guy C.
Heath
Philemon Heath
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H.P. Henderson
* Alfred
Heaton
* Thomas Paine
Houck
William Houck
Thomas Ivers (spy)
Anson J. Ives 2nd
* Edward
Ives
David Anderson Jones
Levi Orlando
Jones
* Henry O.
Kelley
Lucius Alonzo
King
Henry King
Isaac
King
Charles
Leonard
Grover Leonard
Ormal
Leonard
Joel N.
Lillie
Newman Little
Stillman Loop
William MaKee
John D. McBroom
* James McFerran
William John McFerran
Thomas McFerran
John Moffit
John Monier
George D. Morrison
Orville Morrison
Ozias Noble
Thomas Noble
Silas Norman
William H. Noyes
Charles Oliver (missing)
* Wesley Oliver
Erskine M. Parmelee
* Sanford D. Parmelee (GAR post)
David Peters
Horace Picket
Justus Picket
Martin Rasse
Leverett Raymond (last survivor)
Lewis Raymond
Clark Ries
James Rushton
Robert Sellars
Alonzo Sampton
* Elijah W. Shaw
Stephen Shaw
Lawrence Shene
Barney Smith
* Wilbur Spencer
Riley Saulsbury Spicer
William Riley Spicer
Linn James Sprague
Warden Stammer
Joseph Stephenson
James Streeter
Joseph Tarbell (Indian)
Benjamin C. Thair
Alpheus Thompkins
Ansil W. Thompkins
Giles Thompkins
Guiles
Thompson
Joseph Trongo
James, E.
VanOrnum
*George Myron VanOrnum
John Vebber
William H. Weir (missing)
* Isaac White
Charles, V.
Whitford
Sidney A.
Whitford
F.G. Whittier
James Harvey Winslow
John Henry
Winslow
Nehemiah
Wiley
A.J. Williams
Silas Bennett Wood
Philo Wolcott
* Frederick Benjamin
Woolever
Harvey Woolever
Hiram Albert
Woolever
* William Orlando Woolever
Warren H. Wright
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Total
enrollment = 165
Total died in service = 31

Memorial to Edwards area veterans on the lawn of
the library
World War I

Pvt. Eugene Lorenzo Davis
1677112, Company D 18th Infantry, US
Army. Killed during World War I in France, 18 Sept.
1918, buried in Fairview Cemetery, Edwards

Pvt. Truman David Guinup
Born in Oswegatchie, 9 Oct 1897, Died 9 May 1962 in Elmira,
NY. Enlisted in the US Army in 1918 and honorably
discarged in 1919

Arnil L. Scott
WWI, Member of American Legion, Gouverneur, 1897-1945,
buried South Edwards Cemetery

Don Thomas Todd
Ensign, U.S. Navy WWI. Life resident of Edwards.
Owned and operated Edwards Telephone Co. until his death in
1948. Buried Fairview Cemetery, Edwards.
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Paul
Bancroft
Grover Barnes
Foster Barker
Everett Beach
Merton Bell
Albert Burchenough
Ellis Boscoe
Howard Brayton
Joseph Brouse
Charles Brown
Harry Brown
Jay Brown
Robert Brown
Leslie Burnett
Benjamin Butler
Amos Campbell
* Ernest Canfield
Frank Ciambrone
Grant Cleland
Briggs Coleny
Fred Compo
Claude Congdon
Edgar Davis
* Eugene Davis
Glenn Davis
William Dawley
Charles Downey
Edmund Dulack
Ernest Ellis
David Gardner
Everett Goolden
Vernon Grant, Sr.
Truman Guinup
Neil Hale
Theron Hall
Howard Harmon
Harry Hart
* Leslie Holly
Floyd Hosmer
Howard Javall
Edward Keenan
Walter LaCross
William LaRock
Albert LaTray
Walter Lytle
George MacGee |
WallaceMarcott
Arthur Matthews
Emory Maybee
Earl Meldrim
Charles Miner
Fred Miner
George Miner
Oscar Miner
Erving Morris
Samuel Morris
Lewis Morrison
Floyd Morrow
Glenn Morrow
William Morrow
Jack Murdie
Clarence Nettles
Walter Nobes
Fay Peters
Harley
Pratt
Clarence Rice, Sr.
Kenneth
Rutherford
Arnil Scott
Arthur Scott
Emory Scott
John Scott
* Ernest Serviss
George Seymour
Ralph Simons
Everett
Stevens
Roland
Spaulding
Howard
Stitt
Jerry Sullivan
Don T.
Todd
Frank Walrath
Wilton
Watson
Grant
Webb
Stanton
Webb
Arthur
Whitmarsh
Earl
Whitmarsh
Horton Williams
Calvin
Wood
Lawrence
Woodcock
Alfred
Woods
Max Worthington
Fred Youmans
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Total
Enrollment = 91
Total died in service = 4
World War II
*
Died in service
+ woman in service

PFC. Olan K. Brayton
330 Signal Corp U.S. Army. Fought in the
Philippines. Was in the Bataan Death March. Died
25 Aug 1942 as a POW in Japanese Camp Cabanatuan, Luzon
Island. Buried in U.S. Military Cemetery, Manila,
Philippines. First casualty of WWII from Edwards and first
citizen from St. Lawrence Co. to die in a Japanese POW camp.
Local VFW post named for him
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PFC. Thomas W. Brayton
C. 506 101 Airborne. Enlisted 1942 - Discharged
1945. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge - Wounded
twice.

Robert Noble Davis
US Navy, Seaman First Class, Honorable Discharge 12 January
1946, awarded bronze star 20 April 1944

Arthur Blaine Fenner
died 13 June 1944, age 21, stationed in Italy

Lester D. Fenner
Army Air Force WWII, retired in 1968 as a Major

Stanley Gagnon
Inducted into Army Oct 30, 1942. Was in the 385th
Engineer Co. Spent three months in Great Britain.
Discharged Dec 1943 because of illness

PFC. A. Everett Hurley
Talcville. Died 4 Feb 1945, Biak Island, New Guinea. Buried
St. James Cemetery, Gouverneur

Melvin A. Hurley
U.S. Navy, WWII. Resided in Edwards.
1924-1983. Fairview Cemetery, Edwards

Robert B. Hurley
Corporal in 15th Air Force, served in North Africa and
Italy, discharged 12 October 1945

Harold D. Jones
Inducted 18 July 1945. Served in Italy (MTO).
Discharged 4 Mar 1947. Received Army of Occupation
Medal and WWII Victory Medal
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Edward
Adams
Linden Aldridge
Floyd Aldridge
William Aldridge
Adelbert Ashley
Leonard Baker
Daniel Barraford
Clyde Barrett
Carlo Basso
Walter Baxter
Lyle Black
Lynn Black
Thomas Black
Francis Blackmore
Bernard Boulet
Gervaise Boulet
Clyde Bowman
Kenneth Bowman
* Olan Keith Brayton
Thomas Brayton
Harry Brown
Maclyn Brown
Robert Brown
William Brown
Elmer Dean Bridgeland
James (Jay) Bridgeland
Michael Butcher
Donald Campbell
+ Doris Cassidy
Armand Clark
William Clark
Chester Cole
Floyd Cole
Kenneth Cole
Ives Cleland
William Cleland
Robert Davis
Robert Dawley
William Dawley
Donald Denton
Hiram Dusharm
Wilfred Ellis
Ronald Farr
* Arthur Fenner
Lester Fenner
Ronald Flynn
Frank Gagnon
James Gagnon
Everett Given
Stanley Given
Donald Goodheart
Vernon Grant, Jr.
Bert Guiles
Francis Guiles
Harry Guiles
Ellsworth Hall
Gerald Hall
Clarence Hansen, Jr.
+ Helen Hansen
+ Marjorie Hansen
James Hamilton
William Hosmer
Cecil Howard
* Allan Everett Hurley
Lawrence Hurley
Melvin Hurley
Merton Hurley
Robert Hurley
Kenneth Johnson
Everett Jones
Glenn Jones
Harold Jones, Jr.
Kermit Jones
Harold Kelsey
Millard Kio
Leo LaLonde
Ronald Lamica
Max Lanphear
Lewis Lashua
Carl Lashuay
Hubert Lathan
Millard Leary
Earl Lumley
Donald Manchester
John Manzolati
George Marsh
Joel Marsh
Rene Mechin
Lee Meldrim
Donald Miller
+ Eleanor
Morrow
Richard
Morrow
Ray McCollum
John McKee
Erwin
Neil
John Nicholas
Michael Nicholas
Maurice
O’Neil
Herbert
Padgett
George
Payne
Clifford
Pratt
Donald Pratt
William
Pratt
Clifford
Putman
Carl Randall, Jr.
Charles
Rathbun
+ Ruth
Ray
* Earl Reed, Jr.
Rollin
Reed
+ Rosalie
Reed
Douglas
Rice
Edwin Rice
John Rice
Kenneth Rice
Merton
Rice
William C.
Rice
Alton
Royce
Gordon Schwerdfager
Award Shepard
Harvey Skeldon
* James
Skeldon,
Lewis
Solon
Ross Stammer
Ezra Sullivan
Stanley Todd
Charles
Toth
Archie
Walker
Gerald
Ward
Lee Webb
Ray Webb
Silas Whitford
Claude Williams
* George Williams
Elmer Worden |

Kermit K. Jones
Went into the Navy Aug 1942. Served in Midway and
Hawaii. Discharged Dec 1945 with rank of RT 2/c

Sgt. James B. Kirkbride
Signal Corp., U.S. Army. Served Jan 1, 1943 - Nov 30,
1945.

Pvt. Earl Reed, Jr.
Edwards village. Killed by enemy fire 1 Sep 1944 while
landing on a beach in northwestern France. Buried in
Brittany American Cemetery for fallen servicemen, St. James,
Manche, France

James Skeldon
Enlisted Aug 25, 1942. After basic training he was
stationed at Pearl Harbor aboard the submarine, the USS
Swordfish 193. He and 84 other sailors were on patrol
when the Swordfish was lost Jan, 12, 1945. He was
awarded the Good Conduct and Purple Heart medals.

Clarence A. Hansen, Jr. "Sonny" or
"Cal"
Enlisted in the Army Reserve on 12 Nov 1942 while a student
of technical electricity at New York State Ag and Tech
Institute in Canton. Ordered to active duty on
the 1 April 1943 before finishing full course of study.
Separated from the service on the 24 April 1946, with 37
months of active service. Received the Good Conduct Medal,
American Theater Service Medal and the European-African
Middle Eastern Theater Medal.

Carl M. Randall, Jr. - Inducted into the
army Feb 25, 1943 as Pvt. Spent from Apr 1943 - Dec
1945 in the Asiatic Pacific Theater in Alaska.
Discharged 1945 as Sgt.

Silas Woodrow "Woody" Whitford
Drafted 23 Dec 1942 and was discharged 29 Dec 1945. He
was farmer at induction. Time spent overseas - 29 Jan
1944 to 22 July 1945. He was in the European Theater
of Operation and stationed in Campaigns of Norway, Northern
France and Rhineland. Awards - African Theater Ribbon,
European African Middle Eastern Ribbon, Victory Medal.
He was a PFC in the cavalry, a truck driver and was a 2c
gunner on machine gun 30 cal.

Helen Hansen Wittich
Secretary at date of induction into Navy (WAVES) on
Oct 4, 1943. Discharged Mar 2, 1946. Rank at induction
A/S. Rank at discharge SK 2C. In American
theater. Awards - Hon. Service Laper Button and Hon
Discharge Emblem and Hon. Dis. Pin.

Marjorie Hansen
Induction 1 Dec 1943 Registered Nurse. Army Nurse
Corps Rank at induction, 2nd Lieut. Discharged, 23 Mar 1946,
Rank 1st Lieut. Overseas from March 1944 to December
1945. Theater, European, England, France, Germany
& Austria. Awards, EAME campaign medal.
Victory Ribbon, Meritorious Service Unit Plaque while
serving with 97th General Hospital.
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Total
enrollment = 135
Total died in service = 7
Total women in service = 6
Korean War
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Died in service
+ woman in service

William Harvey Hosmer
Enlisted 12 Aug 1948. Served in Korea 1 yr. 11 mo. 13
da. Was in the 984th Engr. Fld. Maint. Co.
Discharged 14 June 1952. Awarded the Korean Service
Medal with one bronze Service star |
William
Harvey "Bill" Hosmer
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This
is a new section devoted to the Korean War. We'd like
more pictures and information on those from Edwards who
served in this conflict. Please contact us if you have
this information. |
Total
enrollment = 1
Total died in service = 0
Total women in service = 0
Viet Nam
*
Died in service
+ woman in service
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Gerald F. Barker, BUL 3
Joined Navy on 9/4/1963, Graduated Boot Camp on 11/23/1963.
Stationed at Port Hueneme, CA, 12/1963-6/1964; ADAK, AK,
8/1964-9/1965; Mobile Construction Battalion #3 at Port
Hueneme, 10/1965-8/1967. Two tours in Vietnam while
with MCB #3, Chu Lai in 1966 and Phu Bai in 1967.
Discharged from Long Beach, CA, 8/1967. Medals
received: 1. National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service
Medal with Fleet Marine Combat insignia and 2 Bronze Stars;
and 3. Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with device.
Navy Mobile Construction Battalion as a Carpenter in Sea
Bees which is designated at Builder 3rd Class, E-4
Ranking.
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This
is a new section devoted to the Viet Nam War. We'd
like more pictures and information on those from Edwards who
served in this conflict. Please contact us if you have
this information.
Vernon
J. Allen
Gerald F. Barker |

Vernon J. "Jack" Allen, Master Sgt.
Graduated from ECS in '61 and joined the Navy. Served
for 4 years, .4 months. Joined the Air Force in
September 1967. Stationed at Hurlburt Florida for 3
years, then went to Vietnam, Camrahn Bay, in November 1969.
Served one 1 year. there as a Survival Specialist.
Next stationed at Holloman AB, New Mexico, Griffis AB in
Rome NY for 3 years, RAF Bentwaters England for 2 years and
Grisson AFB in Indiana for 3 years. Then went to
USAF recruiter school in Texas and was assigned as the Air
Force recruiter in North Syracuse for the next 8 years.
Retired in 1987 as a Master
Sgt. Received the Air Force Meritorious Medal, AF
Commendation Medal with
2 bronze stars, AF Outstanding UN award 4 times, Good
Conduct Medal 4
times, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Armed
Forces
Expeditionary Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal,
Republic of
Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm.
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Total
enrollment = 1
Total died in service = 0
Total women in service = 0
If you or
a relative are listed here and would like a picture included
contact LaVerne H. Freeman
or David J. Schryver.
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