Edgar HUNTER

Born

abt. 1855 , Catskill, New York, USA

Died

7 April 1864 , Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey, USA

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Edgar Wallace HUNTER

Mother

Lydia Ann PALMER

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John Wallace HUNTER Ann Eliza STANTON

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1855 Catskill, New York

Name: Edgar M Hunter
Birth Year: abt 1855
Age: 0
Gender: Male
Relation to Head: Son
Residence: Catskill, Greene, New York, USA
District: E.D. 1
Household number: 366
Line Number: 25
Household Members:
Name Age
Edgar W Hunter 35
Lydia A Hunter 34
David D Hunter 13
Henry W Hunter 11
Ellen A Hunter 9
John W Hunter 7
Ann A Hunter 5
James P Hunter 3
Lydia A Hunter 2
Edgar M Hunter 0

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1855 New York State Census
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Westfield, Union, New Jersey

Name: Edgar Hunter
Age: 5
Birth Year: abt 1855
Gender: Male
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1860: Westfield, Union, New Jersey
Post Office: Westfield
Family Number: 286
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Household Members:
Name Age
E W Hunter 41
Lydia Hunter 41
David D Hunter 16
Henry W Hunter 18
Ellen Hunter 14
John W Hunter 13
Anna Hunter 11
James Hunter 9
Lydia Hunter 7
Edgar Hunter 5
Fanny B Hunter 3
Mary A Silke 20

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1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Death

Name: Edgar Hunter
Birth Date: abt 1855
Birth Place: Catskill, New York
Death Date: 7 Apr 1864
Death Place: Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey
Death Age: 9 years
Marital Status: Single
Gender: Male
Father Name: Edgar
Mother Name: Lydia
FHL Film Number: 584583

Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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