Colonel Aaron E. Wilbur

He served on the staff of Governor Joseph E. Brown (the 42nd Governor of Georgia) as Financial "Aid-de-Camp" with the honorary title of "Colonel". Although he was a "Union Man"(from Vermont) Colonel Wilber & his family were allowed to remain unmolested throughout the Civil War in their hometown of Savannah, GA. Occupation: President of "Home Insurance Company of Georgia" and agent for all the southern states for the "Knickerbocker Insurance Company" ,Savannah, Chatham, Georgia. He served on the staff of Gov. Joseph E. Brown as "financial aid-de-camp" with the honorary title of: "Colonel." Although a Union man, Col. Wilbur and his family were allowed to remain unmolested in the city throughout the war.

from Find A Grave.com https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58274829/aaron-wilbur: "COL Aaron Wilbur BIRTH 12 Dec 1821 Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont, USA DEATH 5 Dec 1869 (aged 47) Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA BURIAL Bonaventure Cemetery Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA Show Map PLOT Section C Lot 13 MEMORIAL ID#: 58274829"

DEATH OF COLONEL AARON WILBUR. -- from The "Augusta Daily Constitution" newspaper (Georgia), 8 December 1869, pg. 4 : Colonel Aaron Wilbur, for many years a prominent citizen of this city, died at his residence last evening, at 10 o'clock. He was a native of Vermont, but removed South soon after he became of age, and located in Richmond, Virginia, from which city he removed to Savannah in 1853, since which time he has been engaged in the insurance business. His energy and well known business capacity secured for him the position of manager of the Southern branch of the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company of New York. He was also President of the Home Insurance Company of Savannah, and a Director in the Merchants' National Bank. During the war he was appointed by Gov. Brown on his staff, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, which position he held for some time. At the close of the struggle he engaged extensively in business and succeeded in saving from the general wreck that followed that event a large portion of his fortune. Last Spring, while on a tour North, he was taken sick and at one time it was thought he would not live to return to Georgia, but he so far recovered as to be able to make the trip, and on the day of his return to the city spent several hours in his office; from whence he went to his residence, never more to be seen "amid the busy haunts of men," and after a week of great suffering breathed his last. He was about fifty years of age. - Savannah News, 6th. [Augusta Daily Constitution (Georgia), 8 December 1869, pg. 4 [http://blog.southerngraves.net/2013_03_01_archive.html]

Aaron Wilbur was originally interred in Laurel Grove North, Savannah. Later, he was re interred in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah where he now rests."

from:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58274829/aaron-wilbur Family Members: Spouses: Mary Eunice Copp Wilbur 1833–1910 (m. 1855), Jane Adelaide Frisbie Wilbur 1817–1848, Caroline M Wilbur 1822–1854.

Children: Georgia C Wilbur White 1844–1933, Edward A Wilbur 1849–1851, Adelaide Elizabeth Wilbur White 1850–1934, Harriet E Wilbur 1854–1854, Henry Martin Wilbur 1863–1863, Mary Aronetta Wilbur 1864–1923, Fedora Isabel Wilbur 1867–1918, Minnie Lulu Wilbur Powers 1868–1958, Salie Eunice Wilbur Brandt 1870–1938".