Background
Edgar R. Aston was born in New Richmond, Ohio in 1847.
Edgar R. Aston was born in New Richmond, Ohio in 1847.
He was one of two men, along with Private At age 16 during the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company C, 153rd Ohio Infantry, a 100 days service regiment, and served from May to September 1864. After the war"s end, he remained with the United States. Army and was posted on frontier duty.
On May 30, 1868, Aston and two other men volunteered to search out a wagon passage when an infantry column found themselves trapped in a 4,000-foot valley at San Carlos, Arizona.
The three men passed through six miles of hostile Apache terrain before finding a suitable passageway out of the valley. He remained a career soldier for 30 years until retiring with pension in 1893.
After a long illness, he died in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 14, 1932, at the age of 85. He was buried at the Tate Township Cemetery.
On their return to the column, they successfully defended themselves against an Apache attack.
During the Apache Wars against Cochise, he was a member of the 8th United States. Cavalry and was commended for distinguished service throughout the campaign.
