John Tracy Edson

1850 - 1927  (76 years)

• Name	John Tracy Edson  [1]
  Birth	15 Feb 1850	Albany, Albany, New York   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1927	Staten Island, New York, New York   [2]
  Burial	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I43738	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Edson,   b. 14 Oct 1820, Chester, Windsor, Vermont d. 15 May 1856, Albany, Albany, New York (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Martha Davidson Nelson,   b. 16 Jan 1825, Albany, Albany, New York d. 7 Mar 1905, New York, New York (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1846	Troy, Rensselaer, New York   [2]
  Family ID	F25556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Winona de Clyver Charlier,   b. 31 May 1859, New York, New York d. 25 Feb 1953, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1881	New York, New York   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Constance de Clyver Edson,   b. 28 Nov 1886, Denver, Denver, Colorado d. 9 Oct 1975, Florida (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F25555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was a physician, and served with distinction in the US Navy during the Spanish-American War, particularly by facilitating the rescue of several hundred sailors from the burning Infanta Theresa Maria during the Battle of Santiago.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5287] The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower by Gary Boyd Roberts. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020. [S8684] Edson Family History and Genealogy by Carroll Andrew Edson. 2 volumes. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969.