There may be an "e" on the end of Edmund's name
Birthdate is approximate
Last name may be Coper.
Revolutionary War
1900 census, KS, Bourbon
Father of James born in Ireland, mother born in KY
Occupation: policeman
1920 census: KS, Bourbon, Fort Scott Ward 1, district 38, 29-Jan-1920
Drick, William M. 52, PA, KS, PA
, Dovie, 49, MO, MO, MO
Dempsey, Ilah, 31, KS, daughter, widowed
, William 14, KS
, George 12, KS
, Joe 8, KS1910 census: Arkansas, Polk, White
Drick, William M. 45, KS, PA, PA
, Dovie 40, MO, IL, MO1900 census: MO, Vernon, Deerfield
Drick, William M. Aug 1866, 33, KS, PA, PA married 13 years
, Dovie Dec 1869, 30, MO, IL, MO
, Ila Aug 1887, 12, KS
Bowers, Lawrence Aug 1839, 60, Germany married 22 years
, Sarah not known, PA, PA, PA married 22 years, 6 of 7 children living1880 census: KS, Bourbon, Scott
Lawrence Bowers 30
Sarah Bowers 40 mother
Christian Drick 23 step-son
Catharine Drick 18 step-dau
John Drick 14 step-son
William Drick 12 step-son, KS, PA, PA1870 census: KS, Shawnee, Monmouth
Drick, Sarah, 45, PA
, Margaret 14, PA
, Christina 13, PA
, Rasona 11, PA
, Casa 9, KS
, John 9, KS
, Willie 6, KS
, Mary 4/12, KS
Bowers, lawrence 231850 census: OH, Scioto, Green
Drick, Austin b. 1824, PA
, Sarah b. 1827, PA
, Cornelia b. 1848, OH
U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
Name: Charles W Loudon
Birthyear: abt 1868
Birthplace: Oregon, United States
Enlistment Date: 18 Mar 1896
Enlistment Age: 28 1/12
From Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 16
page 68:Trow, Israel, Norton.Private, Capt. Seth Gilbert's (2d Norton) co. of militia, Col. John Daggett's regt., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; said Trow marched April 19, 1775; service, 6 days.
From Paige's "History of Hardwick," p. 517: "Israel the f. was a sergeant in the French War 1759, and a captain in the Revolutionary War, for several short campaigns; he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence four years, between 1775 and 1781; selectman four years, between 1782 and 1793; assessor six years, 1778-1791; treasurer three years, 1773-75; and representative in 1784 and 1785. About 1793 he rem. from Norton to Petersham, and about two years later to Hardwick, where he res. during the remainder of his life, on the turnpike, near the Furnace, at the place marked E. Trow on the R. Map. He d. 17 Feb 1825, a. 88."
From Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 16, Page 69:
Trow, Israel, Norton.Captain; list of officers of the Mass. militia which reinforced the army who joined Col. J. Ward's regt.; commissioned Jan. 29, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Jacob French's regt.; list of officers appointed to command companies of a regiment raised in Bristol and Cumberland counties and stationed at Winter Hill Feb. 27, 1776; ordered in Council March 26, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; company raised in Norton, Taunton, Freetown, Dartmouth, Mansfield, Raynham, and Middleborough; also, Captain, 5th co., Col. John Daggatt's (4th Bristol Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen by the several companies in said regiment, dated Attleborough, March 18, 1776; ordered in Council March 21, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; [p.69] reported commissioned March 21, 1776; also, Captain of a Norton co., Col. Daggett's regt.; service, 25 days; company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776; also, Captain, Col. John Hathaway's regt.; service, 20 days, in April and May, 1777, at Rhode Island; said Trow reported as among those who agreed to tarry for 2 months; company raised in Bristol Co.; also, Captain, Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; service from May 14, 1777, to July 6, 1777, 54 days, at Rhode Island; also, Captain, Col. John Dagget's regt.; return dated Taunton, Jan. 6, 1778, made by Brig. Gen. George Godfrey, of officers of a regiment raised from his brigade for 3 months service under Gen. Spencer, agreeable to order of Council of Dec. 22, 1777; also, same regt.; appointed Jan. 5, 1778; discharged March 31, 1778; service, 2 mos. 27 days; company drafted to serve for 3 months from Jan. 1, 1778, under Maj. Gen. Spencer at Rhode Island; also, pay abstract for wages and mileage due officers and soldiers of Col. Daggett's regt. stationed at Rhode Island for 3 months from Jan. 1, 1778, approved at Providence, and also at Tiverton by Brig. Gen. Esek Cornell, who stated that said service was performed in his brigade; also, Captain, 5th (Norton) co., Col. Dagget's (Bristol Co.) regt.; list of men mustered by James Leonard, Muster Master, for the term of 9 months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, dated Taunton, May 21, 1778; 3 men reported as having been mustered from said Trow's co.; also, Captain, Col. Isaac Dean's (Bristol Co.) regt.; entered service Aug. 1, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, 9 days, at Rhode Island on the alarm of Aug. 1, 1780.
From Paige's "History of Hardwick," p. 517: "Israel the f. was a sergeant in the French War 1759, and a captain in the Revolutionary War, for several short campaigns; he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence four years, between 1775 and 1781; selectman four years, between 1782 and 1793; assessor six years, 1778-1791; treasurer three years, 1773-75; and representative in 1784 and 1785. About 1793 he rem. from Norton to Petersham, and about two years later to Hardwick, where he res. during the remainder of his life, on the turnpike, near the Furnace, at the place marked E. Trow on the R. Map. He d. 17 Feb 1825, a. 88."
From Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 16, Page 69:
Trow, Israel, Norton.Captain; list of officers of the Mass. militia which reinforced the army who joined Col. J. Ward's regt.; commissioned Jan. 29, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Jacob French's regt.; list of officers appointed to command companies of a regiment raised in Bristol and Cumberland counties and stationed at Winter Hill Feb. 27, 1776; ordered in Council March 26, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; company raised in Norton, Taunton, Freetown, Dartmouth, Mansfield, Raynham, and Middleborough; also, Captain, 5th co., Col. John Daggatt's (4th Bristol Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen by the several companies in said regiment, dated Attleborough, March 18, 1776; ordered in Council March 21, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; [p.69] reported commissioned March 21, 1776; also, Captain of a Norton co., Col. Daggett's regt.; service, 25 days; company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776; also, Captain, Col. John Hathaway's regt.; service, 20 days, in April and May, 1777, at Rhode Island; said Trow reported as among those who agreed to tarry for 2 months; company raised in Bristol Co.; also, Captain, Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; service from May 14, 1777, to July 6, 1777, 54 days, at Rhode Island; also, Captain, Col. John Dagget's regt.; return dated Taunton, Jan. 6, 1778, made by Brig. Gen. George Godfrey, of officers of a regiment raised from his brigade for 3 months service under Gen. Spencer, agreeable to order of Council of Dec. 22, 1777; also, same regt.; appointed Jan. 5, 1778; discharged March 31, 1778; service, 2 mos. 27 days; company drafted to serve for 3 months from Jan. 1, 1778, under Maj. Gen. Spencer at Rhode Island; also, pay abstract for wages and mileage due officers and soldiers of Col. Daggett's regt. stationed at Rhode Island for 3 months from Jan. 1, 1778, approved at Providence, and also at Tiverton by Brig. Gen. Esek Cornell, who stated that said service was performed in his brigade; also, Captain, 5th (Norton) co., Col. Dagget's (Bristol Co.) regt.; list of men mustered by James Leonard, Muster Master, for the term of 9 months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, dated Taunton, May 21, 1778; 3 men reported as having been mustered from said Trow's co.; also, Captain, Col. Isaac Dean's (Bristol Co.) regt.; entered service Aug. 1, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, 9 days, at Rhode Island on the alarm of Aug. 1, 1780.