Ninion Edmonston

First Name: Ninion
Last Name: Edmonston
Residence (County): 
Haywood County, NC
Biography: 

The Edmonston family were farmers in Haywood County, North Carolina (the family name is also spelled Edmonson). Three sons of Ninion Edmonston (b. ca. 1790) and his wife, Mary (Polly) Ann Edmonston (b. ca. 1804), served in the Confederate Army. Bazil B. Edmonston (b. ca. 1826) and Benjamin F. Edmonston (b. ca. 1837) served in the 25th North Carolina Infantry. Thomas B. Edmonston (b. ca. 1842) served in the 62nd North Carolina Infantry, along with his brother-in-law, Rufus P. Kelly.

Received Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
12212 Edmonston2 July 16, 1863 Thomas B. Edmonston Ninion Edmonston , Mary Edmonston Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, TN Martin County, NC

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