Irving Family History
Edward Earnest Preble
1842 --
Name Edward Earnest Preble Born 10 Aug 1842 Gender Male _UID 3579FEFFDBE96E43BDFA20C4EEC4267E114C Person ID I1986 Irving Genealogy Last Modified 10 Apr 2010
Father Edward Deering Preble, b. 22 Feb 1806, Portland, Cumberland, ME, USA , d. 12 Feb 1846, Portland, Cumberland, ME, USA (Age 39 years) Mother Sophia Wattles, d. Aft 1870 Married 1833 _STAT MARRIED _UID 4874AD7A9E0643478F5C01786DCC054BFE82 Family ID F790 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Entered US Navy as a midshipman in 1859. Was navigator on the US Steam Sloop Keasarge when it defeated the Alabama. Later as Lt. on Susquehanna at the capture of Fort Fisher and was Lt. Commander 1866-1870 in the Pacific squadron.