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Edward Henry Ozmun

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Edward Henry Ozmun

Birth
Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA
Death
9 Dec 1910 (aged 53)
Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye
Burial
Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye Add to Map
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Edward married Claire "Clara" Belle Goodman, November 21, 1894, Weedsport, New York, daughter of John J. Goodman and Althina A. (Ditton) Goodman.

Edward Henry Ozmun was Consul General at Istanbul from May 28, 1906 until his death on December 09, 1910. He was also a member of the Minnesota Society, Sons of the American Revolution by descent from "Isaac Ozmun" his great grandfather, who died in 1778 at the old Sugar House Prison in New York City during the Revolutionary War.

Edward wrote these words on his application for the Minnesota Society, S.A.R., "My great grandfather, Isaac Ozmun, ... was captured by the British Army at Fort Montgomery and sent by them as prisoners of war to the Old Sugar House in New York City, then a British prison, where they starved to death. My father, Abraham Ozmun, often stated these facts to me as being the well-known family tradition. It is substantially further confirmed by William Andrew Jackson Ozmun, in a recent statement to me. He [W. A. J. Ozmun] is the son of William Ozmun (1783-1862), who is the eldest son of my grandfather, Abraham Ozmun (1764-1848)."

Edward Henry Ozmun signed and dated his application on June 02, 1892.
Edward married Claire "Clara" Belle Goodman, November 21, 1894, Weedsport, New York, daughter of John J. Goodman and Althina A. (Ditton) Goodman.

Edward Henry Ozmun was Consul General at Istanbul from May 28, 1906 until his death on December 09, 1910. He was also a member of the Minnesota Society, Sons of the American Revolution by descent from "Isaac Ozmun" his great grandfather, who died in 1778 at the old Sugar House Prison in New York City during the Revolutionary War.

Edward wrote these words on his application for the Minnesota Society, S.A.R., "My great grandfather, Isaac Ozmun, ... was captured by the British Army at Fort Montgomery and sent by them as prisoners of war to the Old Sugar House in New York City, then a British prison, where they starved to death. My father, Abraham Ozmun, often stated these facts to me as being the well-known family tradition. It is substantially further confirmed by William Andrew Jackson Ozmun, in a recent statement to me. He [W. A. J. Ozmun] is the son of William Ozmun (1783-1862), who is the eldest son of my grandfather, Abraham Ozmun (1764-1848)."

Edward Henry Ozmun signed and dated his application on June 02, 1892.


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