Great-grandfather of Marlene Hansen

Private    Co. K     1st IA Cavalry
Dates of Service:  17 Aug 1861 - 15 Feb 1866

Edwin G Bricker was born in 1838 in Pennsylvania to Frederick and Catharine (Houpp) Bricker. 

He enlisted in Company K, Iowa 1st Cavalry on August 17, 1861 at the age of 21 and mustered out on February 15, 1866 at Austin, Texas. 

Edwin married Adela/Addie M Finch McDonald on November 2, 1878 in Jackson, Iowa. According to the 1885 Iowa State Census, Edwin and Addie Bricker were living in Sweetland, Muscatine, Iowa, with their daughter and two sons. 

His second marriage was to Sarah A. Willis on July 1, 1891 in Wayne County, Michigan. In 1901, Edwin (aged 62) and Sarah (aged 50) Bricker were living in Essex, Ontario, Canada. The 1901 Canada Census record indicated that they had immigrated from the United States in 1887 . 

1890 Veterans Schedules for Edwin G. Bricker

Seneca, Ontario, New York

In 1890, Adela Finch (formerly), "widow" of Edwin G. Bricker (Private, Co K, 1st Iowa Cavalry) reported that Edwin had a "slightly wounded foot :: now deceased two years." 

Note: Edwin had married Sarah A. Willis in 1891 at Wayne County, Michigan. By 1901, he and Sarah were living in Ontario, Canada, having immigrated to Canada in 1887.

Edwin G Bricker died on June 16, 1903, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 65. Cause of death was listed as Septicemia. 

GRAVESITE: unknown

Compiled by Susan Norder, March 2020