Edwin G. Culbertson and Ella H. Towns

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Husband Edwin G. Culbertson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 May 1843 - Edinboro, Erie Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: John Augustus Culbertson (1800-1872) 1 3 4 5
         Mother: Clarissa Harrison (      -1862) 1 3 5 6

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       Marriage: 24 Mar 1868 1

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Wife Ella H. Towns ¹

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         Father: Joseph Towns (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Celestia Calkins (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Edwin G. Culbertson

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When just seventeen years old, he enlisted, April, 1861, in the three months' service, in Col. McLane's Regiment, for service in the Civil War. He re-enlisted Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. B, 145th P. V. I., and participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Wilderness, and in other engagements. On May 3, 1863, he was taken prisoner at the battle of Chancellorsville, and taken to Richmond, where he remained fifteen days, when he was exchanged and returned to his regiment at Coffee Hill. He was honorably discharged, near Alexandria, Virginia, May 31, 1865.
He was Burgess of Edinboro, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in 1872, and later a member of the Council. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Republican in politics.

1 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 204.

2 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 25.

3 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 887.

4 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 20.

5 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 45.

6 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 24.