Edwin Mead - CO A, 8th MI CAV and Wife Mary J. Mead - Parmalee Michigan Cemetery (GPS N42°45.269, W085°28.275)
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about Edwin Mead
Name: Edwin Mead
Age at enlistment: 22
Enlistment Date: 23 Aug 1864
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Grand Rapids, MI
State Served: Michigan
Was POW?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Michigan 8th Cavalry Regiment on 23 Aug 1864.
Mustered out on 13 Jun 1865 at Camp Chase, OH.
Birth Date: abt 1842
Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
Andersonville Prisoners of War about Edwin Mead
Surname: Edwin Mead
Rank: PVT
Company: S
Regiment: 8
State: MI
Arm of Service: CAV
Remarks: EXCHANGED APRIL 1, 1865
1880 United States Federal Census about Edwin Mead
Name: Edwin Mead
Home in 1880: Caledonia, Kent, Michigan
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Mary J. Mead
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
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Occupation: Farms
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Edwin Mead 38
Mary J. Mead 32
Eliza F. Mead 13
Fred Mead 9
Nettie Mead 4
Edwin was a married farmer born in New York.
father was Ebenezer Mead and mother is unknown.
Wife Mary J Mead signed the death certificate.
View the death certificate at the link below;
http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p129401coll7,354399