Unnamed EDSILL ( - )

1 Unnamed Girl EDSILL¹ ( - ) [9697].

2 Clare L. EDSILL^1,2,3,4 (1920-1997) [9664]. Born 12 Jul 1920.⁵ Died 17 Jun 1997.⁵

From the Waterloo Daily Courier.

May 21, 1945 - "Clare L. Edsill, electricians mate second class, left Saturday for Navy pier, Chicago, where he will assume a new assignment after spending a six-day leave here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Edsill, 125 Linwood street. Edsill was recently graduated from advanced electrician's school at Williamsburg, Va. He was accompanied here by his wife, Elner, who will remain in Waterloo and reside with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.. E.C. Chamberlain, 122 Rosebud avenue."

September 10, 1947 - "Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Edsill, 125 Linwood avenue, received word of the birth of a baby daughter to their son and daughter-in-law, Electrician's Mate First Class and Mrs. C.L. Edsill, at San Diego, Cal., Sept. 8. Mrs Edsill is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Chamberlain, 122 Rosebud avenue, who have gone to San Diego to visit them."

January 22, 1959 - "C.L. Edsill has returned to Waterloo to be with his wife and three daughters, 1835 Patton avenue, after receiving his discharge from the navy at Norfolk, Va. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd M. Edsill, 125 Linwood avenue. Discharged with the rating of electrician's mate first class. Edsill had enlisted in the navy in August, 1940. He arrived in Waterloo Thursday.".

4 Floyd McKinley EDSILL^6,7,8 (1896-1967) [9655]. Born 28 Jan 1896, IA.^6,8 Marr Blanch B. ELWOOD 10 Jun 1918.³ Died 1 Mar 1967.³ Buried Westview Cemetery, La Porte City, IA.³

From the Progress Review (La Porte City, IA).

December 18, 1958 - "Floyd M. (Pappy) Edsill, former La Porte City resident, has retired from serving as mail carrier in Waterloo for thirty years.
Mr. Edsill and his wife Blanch, lived near La Porte City for about five years from 192-31.".

8 Vinson EDSILL^{6,9,10,11,12,13,14,15} (1835- ) [9627]. Born May 1835, OH.^10,14 Marr Malissa ? bef 1857.¹⁶ Marr Elmina Jenette WORTHEN c. 1880.¹⁶ Buried Westview Cemetery, Big Creek IA.¹⁷

From American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Vinson H. Edsil
Residence: La Porte City, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 23 July 1862
Distinguished
Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Sode Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 206 206
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 23 July 1862 at the age of 26
Enlisted in on 26 September 1862
Promoted to Full Corporal on 14 February 1863
Mustered out on 27 June 1865 in Louisville, KY.

9 Elmina Jenette WORTHEN^6,18,19,20 (c. 1856- ) [9650]. Born c. 1856, IL.^6,19

5 Blanch B. ELWOOD^2,7 (1895-1984) [9663]. Born 15 Nov 1895.⁵ Died Dec 1984.⁵

3 Elner CHAMBERLAIN^1,4 (1923- ) [9695]. Born 1 May 1923.²¹

6 E.C. CHAMBERLAIN⁴ ( - ) [9696].

Sources

1	"From an article on the birth of a baby daughter to Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Edsill in the Waterloo Daily Courier, September 10, 1947".

2	"An article regarding Mrs. Floyd Edsill and sons in the Waterloo Dailey Courier, February 21, 1947".

3	"Obituary of Floyd Edsill in the Progress Review, March 8, 1967".

4	"From an article about Clare L. Edsill and wife in the Waterloo Daily Courier, May 21, 1945".

5	"Social Security Death Index".

6	"1900 IA, Black Hawk, La Porte City census".

7	"1920 IA, Worth, Lincoln census".

8	"WWI Selective Service registration card".

9	"Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1549-1908 by Lucy Abigail Brainard, 1908".

10	"1850 OH, Summitt, Stow census".

11	"1880 IA, Black Hawk, La Porte City census".

12	"1895 Iowa State Census, 1895".

13	"1860 IA, Benton, Bruce census".

14	"1870 IA, Black Hawk, Big Creek census".

15	"American Civil War Soldiers".

16	"Estimated based on related dates and information".

17	"Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records".

18	"Article on the death of Ezra Worthing in the Progress Review (La Porte City, IA), July 6, 1895".

19	"Article on the 86th birthday of Mrs. Edsill in the Progress Review (La Porte City, IA), September 10, 1942".

20	"Rootsweb groupsheet submitted by Tammy Edsill Norton".

21	"U.S. Public Records Index".