Edwin A. Whitcomb Correspondence
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Whitcomb, Edwin A., 1838-1863
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Edwin A. Whitcomb was, most likely, from Brooklyn, Connecticut. As a young man, he headed west and found employment in the company store of Ravenna Glass Company in Ravenna, Ohio. He is thought to have joined the 105th Ohio Infantry Regiment in 1862 and died at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863. He was buried with his family in Brooklyn, Connecticut....
Ravenna Glass Company
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Ravenna Glass Company, also known as Ravenna Glass Works, was founded in Ravenna, Ohio in 1857. Various manifestations of the company emerged and failed between 1857 and 1893. The company produced glass flasks, bottles, fruit jars, and druggists' ware. The glass factory burned in 1888, and the company was purchased in 1889 by States Glass Company and ultimately liquidated in 1893. ...