Edward P French (1842 - 1915)

Born 3 Jan 1842 in England, United Kingdom

Died 30 Oct 1915 at age 73 in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Corporal Edward French served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 8 Aug 1862
Mustered out: 1 Sep 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 103rd Ohio Infantry, Company H; 135th Infantry, Company K

Edward was born in England in 1842 to Thomas and Catherine French. Edward immigrated with his parents in 1850 and settled in Lorain County, Ohio. Edward enlisted in Company H of the 103rd OVI on 8 Aug 1862. He mustered out on 6 Dec 1862 on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. He re-enlisted with Company K of the 135th Infantry on 2 May 1864. He mustered out with the company on 1 Sep 1864. He married Leonora Leonard on 18 Oct 1864. In 1870 his occupation is listed as a Jeweler in the U.S. Census. According to his Death Notice, Edward and his father Thomas, owned a jewelry business called "French and Son" in Elyria. After his father retired, Edward carried on the business with a partner, E.E. Fisher. Edward later sold his part of the business and owned a Furniture business in Cleveland until his retirement. Leonora passed away in 1909, Edward married Mrs. Minnie Dailey in 1911. He passed away in 1915 and at the time of his passing he was the Secretary of the 103rd OVI.

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Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63315541/edward_p-french: accessed March 19, 2024), memorial page for CPL Edward P. French (3 Jan 1842–30 Oct 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63315541, citing Ridgelawn Cemetery, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by KeepsakeQuilter (contributor 47153586).

• Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

• Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007

• The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Elyria, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: M653_1002; Page: 343; Family History Library Film: 805002

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Elyria, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: M593_1235; Page: 491B

• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Elyria Ward 4, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: 1294; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0081

• Year: 1910; Census Place: Elyria Ward 4, Lorain, Ohio; Roll: T624_1206; Page: 6b; Enumeration District: 0114; FHL microfilm: 1375219

• Ancestry.com. Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses.