Folsom, George P. (1812-1882)

Name:

Folsom, George P. (1812-1882)

Title:

Major, Civil War
Paymaster, Civil War
Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1852, 1854

Other Names:

Folsom, George Perry

Born:

08/11/1812

Birthplace:

Exeter, NH

Died:

07/02/1882

Death Location:

Brown Village, MN

Residence:

Dover, NH
Exeter, NH
East Bridgewater, MA
Dover, NH
Brown Village, MN 1864-1882

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Paints and oils; oilcloth manufacturing; chair decorating.
Clerk, A. & J.B. Folsom Paint, Oil, and Furniture Store.

Father:

Folsom, Simeon (Hon.)

Mother:

Leavitt, Mary

Relations:

Siblings:
Folsom, Sarah Rust (1800-1875; m. Thomas Hardy Esq.; 5 children)
Folsom, Isaac Lord (b.1801)
Folsom, Jacob (b. 1803)
Folsom, Abraham (b.1805; chairmaker, portrait and ornamental painter, furniture maker, oilcloth carpeting)
Folsom, James Madison (b.1807)
Folsom, Simeon (1810-1824)
Folsom, Josiah Bartlett (b.1815)

Spouse:

Cross, Sarah A., November 24, 1835

Children:

Simeon Bartlett (b.1837, Mass.)
George Leavitt (1843-1915; Dover, NH; m. Nellie Otis, 4 children; publisher; d. Manchester)
Nathaniel Cross (1850-1891; m. Henrietta Day)
Abraham (b.1853; m.1.Lenora Drum; m.2. Fannie L. Gordon; 2 children).

Notes:

Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family 1638-1938. Volume I., 1938, 340-342, 534-537.

Franklin McDuffee, History of the Town of Rochester New Hampshire 1722-1890, 1892, 510, 514.