Carl E. Edmonds - Harford, NY
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N 42° 25.583 W 076° 13.576
18T E 399123 N 4697846
This plaque is on a rock at the entrance to Edmonds Park. Edmonds is the name of a family that settled in Harford in the 1800s. There is a Carl Edmonds who was a firefighter that was killed in 1965 fighting a fire.
Waymark Code: WMTYR3
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2017
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plaque:"Edmonds Park We dedicate this park to the memory of Carl E Edmonds July 4, 1971"
May 6, 1965 Cortland Democrat
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"Carl Edmonds, father of four and Harford Fireman was killed instantly Tuesday when the masonry wall ...collapsed and fell on him...The fire was at a vacant mills."
Wikipedia "Harford is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The population was 943 at the 2010 census."
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"Edmonds, Jonathan C., p.o. Harford, grocer and general market for flour, seeds and all staple articles; born in Saratoga county in 1842, was town clerk three years, assessor one term, commissioner three terms, deputy sheriff one year and constable for several years; wife, Emma Holden, daughter of Benjamin and Maria (Lathrop) Holden, born in 1844; married in 1862, one child, Nellie. Parents, Frances and Eliza (Burge) Edmonds, who settled in Harford in 1854. J. C. Edmonds began the grocery business in 1879, and he still continues to deal in all leading goods."
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"EDMONDS JONATHAN C, r 15 cor 24, general merchant, dry goods, groceries, hardware, crockery, agricultural implements, drugs, boots and shoes, hats, caps, wall paper, meat market and farmer 35 Edmonds Willie T, r 15, clerk"