Company D, 4th Minnesota Infantry-Civil War
Edward A. Whitcomb, whose age at enlistment was given as 23, Birth Date: abt 1841, enlisted as a private in Company K, Minnesota 4th Infantry Regiment on March 21, 1864. Mustered out on July 19, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Sources: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65.
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E.A. Whitcomb, born Wisconsin, occupation retired, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Chico Record, Tuesday Morning, November 5, 1935 page 2 col 1: E.A. Whitcomb, G.A.R. Man, Dies. Edward A. Whitcomb, 94, one of the few remaining Civil War veterans in Chico, died at the Veterans Home at Yountville yesterday morning.
A native of Minnesota, Whitcomb had resided in Chico the past 15 years. He served with an infantry regiment of California during the Civil War.
Whitcomb was past commander of Halleck post No. 19, G.A.R., a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star chapter of LeRoy, Minn. He also was a member of the First Methodist Church of Chico.
He is survived by three children, Reuben Whitcomb of Livermore, Mrs. Jesse Spencer of Chico and Frank Whitcomb of Kansas City. Among surviving nephews and nieces are Mrs. W.J. Bowman and Bert Allen of Chico. The body was brought to Chico yesterday afternoon by the Westfall Funeral Home.
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Chico Record, Thursday Morning, November 7, 1935 page 6 col 3: Last Rites Paid Civil War Vet. Last rites for Edward A. Whitcomb, Civil War veteran of Chico, were observed in the chapel of the Westfall Funeral Home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rev. G.G. Berger officiated and Roy Jefferies sang "Crossing the Bar" and "Asleep in Jesus". Graveside services were conducted by the Chico Masonic Lodge, and casket bearers were members of the lodge. They were O.W. Ramstean, William Sigel, Frank Boyd, David Dearborn, David Wurschmidt and A.M. Carah. Interment was in the Masonic Plot of the Chico Cemetery.
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Pension was sought on August 9, 1890, and Chico Cemetery Association records indicate burial took place on Nov 6, 1935.
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See the completed biography on Edward A. Whitcomb, by Jason Bohnert, entitled "Marching On: The Extraordinary Life of Civil War Veteran & Active Chico Community Member Edward A. Whitcomb, 1841-1935" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Edward A. Whitcomb, whose age at enlistment was given as 23, Birth Date: abt 1841, enlisted as a private in Company K, Minnesota 4th Infantry Regiment on March 21, 1864. Mustered out on July 19, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Sources: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65.
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E.A. Whitcomb, born Wisconsin, occupation retired, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Chico Record, Tuesday Morning, November 5, 1935 page 2 col 1: E.A. Whitcomb, G.A.R. Man, Dies. Edward A. Whitcomb, 94, one of the few remaining Civil War veterans in Chico, died at the Veterans Home at Yountville yesterday morning.
A native of Minnesota, Whitcomb had resided in Chico the past 15 years. He served with an infantry regiment of California during the Civil War.
Whitcomb was past commander of Halleck post No. 19, G.A.R., a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star chapter of LeRoy, Minn. He also was a member of the First Methodist Church of Chico.
He is survived by three children, Reuben Whitcomb of Livermore, Mrs. Jesse Spencer of Chico and Frank Whitcomb of Kansas City. Among surviving nephews and nieces are Mrs. W.J. Bowman and Bert Allen of Chico. The body was brought to Chico yesterday afternoon by the Westfall Funeral Home.
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Chico Record, Thursday Morning, November 7, 1935 page 6 col 3: Last Rites Paid Civil War Vet. Last rites for Edward A. Whitcomb, Civil War veteran of Chico, were observed in the chapel of the Westfall Funeral Home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rev. G.G. Berger officiated and Roy Jefferies sang "Crossing the Bar" and "Asleep in Jesus". Graveside services were conducted by the Chico Masonic Lodge, and casket bearers were members of the lodge. They were O.W. Ramstean, William Sigel, Frank Boyd, David Dearborn, David Wurschmidt and A.M. Carah. Interment was in the Masonic Plot of the Chico Cemetery.
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Pension was sought on August 9, 1890, and Chico Cemetery Association records indicate burial took place on Nov 6, 1935.
~~~
See the completed biography on Edward A. Whitcomb, by Jason Bohnert, entitled "Marching On: The Extraordinary Life of Civil War Veteran & Active Chico Community Member Edward A. Whitcomb, 1841-1935" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Company D, 4th Minnesota Infantry-Civil War
Edward A. Whitcomb, whose age at enlistment was given as 23, Birth Date: abt 1841, enlisted as a private in Company K, Minnesota 4th Infantry Regiment on March 21, 1864. Mustered out on July 19, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Sources: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65.
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E.A. Whitcomb, born Wisconsin, occupation retired, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
~~~
Chico Record, Tuesday Morning, November 5, 1935 page 2 col 1: E.A. Whitcomb, G.A.R. Man, Dies. Edward A. Whitcomb, 94, one of the few remaining Civil War veterans in Chico, died at the Veterans Home at Yountville yesterday morning.
A native of Minnesota, Whitcomb had resided in Chico the past 15 years. He served with an infantry regiment of California during the Civil War.
Whitcomb was past commander of Halleck post No. 19, G.A.R., a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star chapter of LeRoy, Minn. He also was a member of the First Methodist Church of Chico.
He is survived by three children, Reuben Whitcomb of Livermore, Mrs. Jesse Spencer of Chico and Frank Whitcomb of Kansas City. Among surviving nephews and nieces are Mrs. W.J. Bowman and Bert Allen of Chico. The body was brought to Chico yesterday afternoon by the Westfall Funeral Home.
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Chico Record, Thursday Morning, November 7, 1935 page 6 col 3: Last Rites Paid Civil War Vet. Last rites for Edward A. Whitcomb, Civil War veteran of Chico, were observed in the chapel of the Westfall Funeral Home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rev. G.G. Berger officiated and Roy Jefferies sang "Crossing the Bar" and "Asleep in Jesus". Graveside services were conducted by the Chico Masonic Lodge, and casket bearers were members of the lodge. They were O.W. Ramstean, William Sigel, Frank Boyd, David Dearborn, David Wurschmidt and A.M. Carah. Interment was in the Masonic Plot of the Chico Cemetery.
~~~
Pension was sought on August 9, 1890, and Chico Cemetery Association records indicate burial took place on Nov 6, 1935.
~~~
See the completed biography on Edward A. Whitcomb, by Jason Bohnert, entitled "Marching On: The Extraordinary Life of Civil War Veteran & Active Chico Community Member Edward A. Whitcomb, 1841-1935" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
Edward A. Whitcomb, whose age at enlistment was given as 23, Birth Date: abt 1841, enlisted as a private in Company K, Minnesota 4th Infantry Regiment on March 21, 1864. Mustered out on July 19, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Sources: Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65.
~~~
E.A. Whitcomb, born Wisconsin, occupation retired, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
~~~
Chico Record, Tuesday Morning, November 5, 1935 page 2 col 1: E.A. Whitcomb, G.A.R. Man, Dies. Edward A. Whitcomb, 94, one of the few remaining Civil War veterans in Chico, died at the Veterans Home at Yountville yesterday morning.
A native of Minnesota, Whitcomb had resided in Chico the past 15 years. He served with an infantry regiment of California during the Civil War.
Whitcomb was past commander of Halleck post No. 19, G.A.R., a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star chapter of LeRoy, Minn. He also was a member of the First Methodist Church of Chico.
He is survived by three children, Reuben Whitcomb of Livermore, Mrs. Jesse Spencer of Chico and Frank Whitcomb of Kansas City. Among surviving nephews and nieces are Mrs. W.J. Bowman and Bert Allen of Chico. The body was brought to Chico yesterday afternoon by the Westfall Funeral Home.
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Chico Record, Thursday Morning, November 7, 1935 page 6 col 3: Last Rites Paid Civil War Vet. Last rites for Edward A. Whitcomb, Civil War veteran of Chico, were observed in the chapel of the Westfall Funeral Home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rev. G.G. Berger officiated and Roy Jefferies sang "Crossing the Bar" and "Asleep in Jesus". Graveside services were conducted by the Chico Masonic Lodge, and casket bearers were members of the lodge. They were O.W. Ramstean, William Sigel, Frank Boyd, David Dearborn, David Wurschmidt and A.M. Carah. Interment was in the Masonic Plot of the Chico Cemetery.
~~~
Pension was sought on August 9, 1890, and Chico Cemetery Association records indicate burial took place on Nov 6, 1935.
~~~
See the completed biography on Edward A. Whitcomb, by Jason Bohnert, entitled "Marching On: The Extraordinary Life of Civil War Veteran & Active Chico Community Member Edward A. Whitcomb, 1841-1935" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2019, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
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