Edwin Delos GORTON
Internet IGI (May 2004)
1. County Treasurer at Arcadia, Wisconsin. 2. Postmaster at Niobrara, Nebraska. 3. Served in the Union Army in the Civil War.
1. Source of infromation; Nina ROBERTSON(daughter of Almira Gorton); Bellwood Cemetary near Elk River, Minnesota; Book, Samuel Gorton of Rhode Island and His Desendants Vol. I & II page 188. Library fo Congress Cat. Card No. 82-81031. 2. Married John L. Robertson 04 Nov 1876
1. Coffee grower in Coatzacoalcos, Oaxaca, Mexico
1. School board member & Postmaster while residing in Crawford, Nebraska.
1. Residence of Crawford, Nebraska
1. Resident of Crawford, Nebraska.
He married Jane E. Knisley 25 Dec 1854 at New York . Jane E. Knisley was born at Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York 21 Mar 1838 daughter of John Kniseley and Nancy C. Fraley .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Almira A. Gorton
born 1 Mar 1852.
Franklin Henry Gorton
born 7 Jul 1859.
John Byron Gorton
born 25 Apr 1861.
George Edwin Gorton
born 3 Mar 1864.
Lindley Walter Gorton
born 7 Nov 1867.
Lettie A. Gorton
born 12 Sep 1870.
Mary Elnora Gorton
born 12 Nov 1872.
Effie Gorton
born 29 Feb 1876.
Nellie G. Gorton
born 27 Jan 1880.
Edwin Delos Gorton died 8 Oct 1891 .