In the 1870 US Census, Edwin Shumway (27) and his wife, Marie Jeannette Whitman (26)
AKA Jeannette were residing in Worcester Ward 5, Worcester, Massachusetts. He is a
loom maker and they reside with a family named Browning.
(Read: Surname, Name, Town, Rank, Regiment, Company, Enlisted, Mustered In,
Mustered Out/Status) Shumway, Edwin R., Londonderry,
PVT, VT INF 04, I, 9/5/61, 9/21/61, 7/13/65
http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/1bgd/4/i.shtml
SHUMWAY, Edwin R., age 18; enlisted Sept. 5, ’61; mustered in Sept. 20, ’61;
discharged and re-enlisted Dec. 15, 1863; discharged July 13, ’65.
Battle of Weldon Railroad, Virginia - Edwin was taken prisoner- 22-23 June 1864
http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/battles/weldonrr.shtml
Andersonville Prisoners of War Record
about EDWIN R. SHUMWAY
Surname: EDWIN R. SHUMWAY
Rank: PRIVATE
Company: I
Regiment: 4
State: VT
Arm of Service: INFANTRY
Death Date: -
Cause of Death: -
Remarks: -
Reference: p 138 [412]
Location of Capture: WELDON RAILROAD, VA
Date of Capture: 18640623
Page: 0
Notes: - - - -
More Information: NO
Code: 44814
Grave: 0
Edwin R. Shumway Paroled 2/28/65. Mustered out 7/13/65. Living in Worchester, Massachusetts,
on 1908 roster and 1920 Federal census. Member of GAR Post #10 (George H. Ward) in Worcester.
Died 10/16/1924. Buried in the Hope Cemetery at Worcester. Granted an invalid pension from
Massachusetts in 1890. Mabel L. Shumway granted a widow's pension from Massachusetts in ?1924.
SOURCE: http://www.weldonrailroad.com/updates.html
Steve Shumway -shumway@@petershumway.org
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