Name:
Occupation: Stone mason contractor (death certificate), dance master
Enlistment Date: 10 May 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served:
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on
Enlisted in Company
A,
1st Infantry Regiment Maryland on
Promoted to Full Corporal on 18 August 1861
POW on 23 May 1862 at Front Royal, VA (Paroled)
Paroled on 13 September 1862 at Aiken's Landing, VA
Transfered on 20 February 1864 from company A to company I (Estimated
day
of
transfer)
Reenlisted in Company
A,
1st Infantry Regiment Maryland on 20 February 1864
Wounded on 30 May 1864 at Bethesda Church, VA
Mustered out Company
A,
1st Infantry Regiment Maryland on 02 July 1865 in
Arlington
Heights, VA
Height: 5'5 "
Eye Color: blue
Hair Color: lt brown
Complexion: fair
Moved to Coolsville, Ohio, and became a dance
master.
Information
about children from Edward Dwyer's descendants:
9 Children:
1. Elizabeth Pearl, born 18 July 1873. She married Frank
Bolton and moved to California in 1930.
2. Charles Edwin Dwyer, born 3 Aug 1875,
Married Katie ?, lived in Texas, Oklahoma. Children
unknown.
3. Mary Isabel (Molly), born 8 Sept 1879,
never married, moved to Santa Monica, CA, in 1934.
4. Samuel Thomas, born 10 Sept 1881, married
Sophia ?, lived in Chickasha, OK. One son, Fred Dwyer.
5. Kenneth Victor, born 29 Mar 1884, died 29
July 1884.
6. Victoria Elizabeth, born 31 Oct 1885,
married Edward Downing, moved to Santa Monica, CA.
Children - Helen and Edward
7. Francis A. R. (Frank), born 24 April 1889,
married Katherine (Katie) McCarty. No children.
8. Cecile, born 28 Dec 1891, married Charles
Miller. Children - Ruth and Dorothy
9. Evangeline, born 20 June 1895, married
Nicola Antonio Crocetti on 9 July 1919.
Edward A. Dwyer died
90 years, 11 months, 16 days
Buried on 24 August 1931 at Mt. Olivet
Cemetery, Baltimore, plot P, 031, SW/4, #2
2930 Frederick Avenue
Baltimore City
Maryland USA 21223