Edward Yarton, 1843-1908 [RG3446.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG3446.AM:  Edward Yarton, 1843-1908

Papers:  1872-1917
Benson, Douglas County, Neb.:  Civil War veteran
Size:  0.5 cu.ft.; 1 box

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Edward Yarton, born September 15, 1843, served with the 9th Regiment, New York Cavalry during the Civil War until his discharge in 1863. He was recalled and fought with the 76th Regiment, New York Infantry until May 5, 1864, when he was wounded and captured during the Battle of the Wilderness. He was imprisoned at Andersonville until 1865. Yarton was discharged at Rochester, New York, and came to Nebraska probably in the late 1860s. Edward Yarton died in Grand Island, Nebraska, on March 20, 1908.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of five folders of material including correspondence, 1876-1917; financial records, 1872-1971; minutes of the Knights of Sherwood Forest (Benson, Neb.), 1885-1887; pension claim documents, 1863-1917; and miscellaneous items. The majority of material in this collection relates to Edward Yarton’s letters and applications for a government pension due to his military service, and back rations owed for his period of captivity. Correspondents include: Gilbert M. Hitchcock, 1907; and C.B. Wadleigh, a Washington claim attorney, 1904. Also included in the collection is a set of minutes, dating from 1885-1887, for the Knights of Sherwood Forest, a fraternal organization in Benson, Nebraska.

INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder
  1. Correspondence, 1889-1917, n.d.
  2. Account book of Edward Yarton, 1872-1875
    Receipts, 1907-1917
  3. Knights of Sherwood Forest (Benson, Neb.), minutes, 1885-1887 (pp. 63-128)
  4. Claim for back pay and bounty, 190-
  5. Miscellaneous undated cards, clippings, etc.

Subject headings:

Benson (Neb.) — History
Douglas County (Neb.) — History
Fraternal orders — Nebraska
Hitchcock, Gilbert Monnell, 1859-1939
Knights of Sherwood Forest (Benson, Neb.)
Omaha (Neb.) — History
Yarton, Edward, 1843-1908


05-08-2009   Revised TMM

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