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David served three enlistments in the Civil War. First, he enlisted as a Sergeant in Co. C, 1st New Hampshire Infantry Regiment. That unit was called up for only a three-month enlistment (April - August 1861). Mostly, the unit performed guard duty at the time of the First Battle of Bull Run. Most of the men from that unit soon re-enlisted in another New Hampshire unit. David did so, enlisting as a Sergeant in the 2nd New Hampshire Heavy Artillery Regiment on 7 August 1863. He served until 15 September 1864, when he received a disablity discharge while the unit was serving at Fort Foote, Maryland. Then, on 21 February 1865, he enlisted as a Corporal in Co. H, 18th New Hamsphire Infantry Regiment, with which he served until it was mustered out on 29 July 1865. One of his cousins, Granville F. Plummer, also served in that unit, which fought at Fort Stedman, Virginia, and Petersburg, Virginia in 1865. After the assassination of President Lincoln, the 18th New Hampshire served as Provost Guard in Washington, DC, during the trial of the conspirators.
After the war, David worked at shoe factories in Candia, Epping and Raymond, New Hampshire.

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Nahum was a carpenter and covered bridge builder.

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Joseph worked for 20 years with the Grand Trunk Railway Co. at West Bethel. He then was promoted to the position of Yard Master at the Portland Grand Trunk Railway Yard. He and Robina had three children.

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George was a farmer and covered bridge builder in Bethel, Maine.

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Frederick was a farmer in Newry, Maine.

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Nathaniel was a farmer in Wilson's Mills, Maine.

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Peter was a farmworker in Wentworth Location, Coos County, New Hampshire.

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Israel served in a Massachusetts unit during the Revolutionary War. In the 1790 Census of Waterborough, Maine, Israel's family consisted of: 1 male (Israel, himself) over 16 years of age, 4 males less than 16 years of age, and 3 females (most likely, wife Abigail and daughters, Betsy and Sarah). When Israel and Abigail lived in New York State, part of that time was spent in Monroe County, near David and Betsy.

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Ira was a farmer. He and Rebeccah lived in the towns of Gilead, Albany and Bethel.

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Rebecca died of heart disease.

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"Grammy Bennett...was of a very cheerful disposition and will be greatly missed....She was very industrious and was never so happy as when knitting or sewing for others especially poor children" -- Agnes Straw Bennett Obituary [op.cit.].

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Nathaniel was the first Edwards to settle in Otisfield. He was a farmer there.
During the Revolutionary War, Nathaniel (who was living in Buxton, Maine, at the war's outset) served for three years in the Continental Army, from January 1777 to Dec. 31, 1780. The first unit he served with was Capt. Nicholas Blaisdell's Co., Col. Wigglesworth's Regiment, which spent that winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge. A year later, he was transferred to Capt. Pillsbury's Co. of the same Regiment, which was now under the command of Brigadier General Wardsworth.
After the war, he moved his family from Buxton to Gorham for a couple of years, then on to Casco by August 1803.
Nathaniel and Sarah had one son named William, and three of their daughters (they had a total of ten children) married men with the first name of William. Nathaniel is recorded as having once remarked: "The Devil owes me a grudge and is paying me in counterfeit 'Bills'" (Edwards, A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EDWARDS [op.cit.], 192).