Talk:Abraham Godwin Jr.
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Name of article? Junior?[edit]
Was his name indeed officially with Junior? Wikipedia:JR/SR shows that the comma is not used.Is this name change in error? Djflem (talk) 19:16, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
Merge info into this article?[edit]
Abraham Godwin | |
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| Born | Abraham Godwin 1837 Paterson, New Jersey |
| Died | August or September 1864 Andersonville, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Abe |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, private in the Union Army |
Abraham Godwin (1837–1864) was the son of Abraham Godwin and Martha Parke. He was the grandson of Abraham Godwin, great-grandson of Captain Abraham Godwin and younger brother of Parke Godwin. He was a painter in Paterson, New Jersey before becoming a private in the Union Army.[1]
Personal life[edit]
His father died of tuberculosis while he was young, so he was raised by his sister Ariana Godwin, who was married to Abraham Munn. He grew up and was educated in Paterson.[2] He was a painter in 1860. He married Rachel Van Roden on November 7, 1859.[3] He had two sons, William and Parke. [4] During the Civil War Abraham enlisted in the Union Army in early 1864, sending letters home to his wife Rachel until he was captured at the Battle of Wilderness on May 7, 1864. He was taken to the infamous Confederate prisoner-of-war camp at Andersonville, Georgia. Abraham died shortly after his imprisonment. He passed from a disease contracted from being subjected to the horribly inhumane conditions at Andersonville. He was only 26 years old.[5] In 1922 Gaetano Federici erected a Soldiers and Sailors Monument in East Side Park. Abraham Godwin's name is on the obelisk, and it is across the road from his great-grandfather Captain Abraham Godwin's plaque, dedicated to him by the Captain Abraham Godwin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.[6][7]
References
- ^ http://www.patersonhistory.com/publications/citydirectory1856.html
- ^ "Ancestry - Sign In". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSD-9713?i=12&cc=1473181
- ^ Nelson, William; Shriner, Charles A. (Charles Anthony) (1 September 2017). "History of Paterson and its environs (the silk city); historical- genealogical - biographical". New York, Lewis Historical Pub. Co. Retrieved 1 September 2017 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Page 7 Civil War". Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Historical Marker". Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ Kelly (9 April 2014). "Eastside Park: A Contribution to the Nineteenth Century Parks Movement". Retrieved 1 September 2017.