Washington Family Group Sheet for the James EDWARDS Family


Husband: [John?] James EDWARDS Sr.
* 'John' James is given on Eva's LDS marriage rec and the 1880 Iowa Census - otherwise the name is James.
Birthdate: March 20, 1819 , Brecknockshire, South Wales
* Date taken from headstone,
* census,
* naturalization intent documents filed in Schuylkill, Co., Pennsylvania - dated, Sept. 7 1846.
* Emigrated from Wales on May 6, 1842 on the Ship Trenton from Liverpool to New York.
* LDS IGI file, Wisconsin vitals records
Death date: Aug 7, 1886 , Dayton, Iowa
Buried: Grove Hill Cem., Readlyn, IA-shares headstone with daughter Mariette)
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: Feb 28, 1851
Marriage place: Dodgeville, Wisconsin
 
Wife: Mary JONES
Birthdate: August 9, 1828 , Llanfihangel Ar Arth, Carmarthenshire, Wales
* LDS IGI,
* Headstone at Grove Hill Cem.
Death date: April 11, 1907 , Dayton, Iowa
* Mary's death certificate
Buried: Grove Hill Cem. Readlyn, Iowa - shares headstone with son, Simon
Father: Simon JONES Llanfihangel Ar Arth Wales, Pantglas Farm
* Mary's death certificate,
* LDS IGI
* British marriage birth records
Mother: Margaret DAVIES Llanfihangel Ar Arth Wales
* Mary's death certificate,
* LDS IGI
* British marriage, Birth records)

Children

CHILD 1: Margaret (Maggie) Diane EDWARDS
* 1870 Iowa Census
Birthdate: Dec. 02, 1851, Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Spouse: Daniel Frank WHITNEY (native of Vermont)
Marriage date: June 02, 1874 Dayton, Webster, Iowa
* LDS IGI No. America marriage
Death date: Aug. 04, 1923 Maynard, Fayette Co., Iowa --
Buried: Greenwood. Cem. Fayette Co. IA

CHILD 2: Sarah EDWARDS
Birthdate: About 1853
* 1860 Wisc. Census
Spouse: John W. Meyers (Myers)
Marriage date: October 23, 1871 Black Hawk Co. Iowa
* IGI Batch M587282
Death date: unknown - died before 1920

CHILD 3: Anna Elizabeth EDWARDS
* 1870 Census,
* Fairview Cemetery/Spokane, WA
Birthdate: About July, 17, 1855 Dodgeville, Wisconsin
* 1860 Wisc. census
Spouse: Frederick W. TIEDT
* 1885, 1895 Iowa State census;
* 1930 Spokane, Wash, Rock Lake census b. 05/25/1855, d. 02/08/1938,
Marriage date: December 31, 1875
* Bremer Co. Iowa records
Death date: 08/09/1930
* TIEDT, Ann Elizabeth, 6-23, Nee: Edwards
http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/spokane/fairview_cemetery.htm

CHILD 4: Benjamin EDWARDS
Birthdate: About 1857, Dodgeville, Wisc.
* 1860 Wisc. Census
Spouse:
Marriage date:
Death date: unknown, not found after being listed in 1860 Wisc. census

CHILD 5: James Phillip EDWARDS
Birthdate: May 23, 1859 Dodgeville, Wisconsin
* 1860 Wisc. Census,
* his death certificate
Spouse: Anna Maria (h) EDWARDS (maiden name EDWARDS) - Divorced abt. 1900
Marriage date: Dec. 31, 1882, Bremer, Co. Iowa
* LDS IGI files Married by L. Ellingwood M.G. Witnessed by Maggie Whitney and Simon F. Edwards.
Other marriages: Elizabeth SIMMS, Boulder Co., Colorado about 1907
Death date: May 28, 1939 Boulder, Co
Buried: Longmont/Mountain View Cem
* Death certificate,
* headstone

CHILD 6: Simon S. EDWARDS
Birthdate: Feb. 19 1861 Dodgeville, Wisc.
* 1870, 1880, 1900 Iowa census,
* headstone in Iowa
Spouse: No
Marriage date:
Death date: Oct. 27, 1918 (1919?), Bremer Co. Iowa
* headstone,
Buried: Grove Hill, Readlyn, Bremer Co. IA - Cause of death -- "Struck by C&GW train"

CHILD 7: Amelia EDWARDS
Birthdate: About 1863, Dodgeville, Wisc.
* 1870 Iowa census
Spouse: George Richards
Marriage date: October 6, 1879 - Bremer Co. Iowa --
* Married by L. Ellingwood M.G.
Death date: unknown --
* Listed in Simon's will as living at Athol Kansas in July, 1920
* Pleasant Twp. Smith County KS. 1920 Census

CHILD 8: George A. EDWARDS
Birthdate: About 1865, Dodgeville, Wisc.
* 1870 Bremer Co. Iowa census,
* 1900 & 1920 Fayette Co. Iowa census
Spouse: Ann (died 1956 Fayette Co, Westgate IA Buried: Greenwood Cem.)
Marriage date: Fayette, Co IA?
* Lived in Westgate, IA - mentioned in James Phillip EDWARDS, Colorado obit. 1939.
Buried: Greenwood Cem., Fayette, Co. Iowa
Death date: Fayette, Co., Westgate, Iowa 1941.

CHILD 9: Mariette EDWARDS
Birthdate: About Sept. 1867 Dodgeville,Wisc.
Spouse:
Marriage date:
Death date: March 13, 1871
* three years, 5 months, 25 days
Buried: Grove Hill Cem. Bremer Co, Readlyn Iowa

CHILD 10: Phoebe Edith EDWARDS
Birthdate: 1870 Bremer, Co. Iowa.
* 4 mos. old in 1870 Iowa census
Spouse: Charles H. LEVERTON (died 1954)
Marriage date: unknown
Death date: 1945 -
Buried: Laurel Oak Cemetery, Henry Co. Missouri, Windsor Twp.
* Rootsweb name search "Missouri"

CHILD 11: Eva Jemima EDWARDS
* 1880 Iowa census
Birthdate: Mar. 1872
Spouse: John RICHARDS
Marriage date: Sept. 10, 1890 Iowa Bremer Co, Iowa
* LDS IGI No. America marriage and Bremer Co. records Waverly First Methodist Episcopal Church, Witnesses: Jane Boydston and C.H. Manwell - Married by A.C. Manwell - clergy.
Death date: October 25, 1911 Bremer Co. Iowa
Buried: Probably buried in Wilson Grove Cemetery - Sumner Twp. Fayette, Co., Iowa. - in unmarked grave on lot owned by John Richards - two stones not inscribed Bremer county records indicate a John W. Richards (ours?) Died July 2, 1944 cemetery not given.

CHILD 12: Irene (Rena) EDWARDS
Birthdate: April 9, 1875
Spouse: Homer A. CARPENTER b. Aug. 3 1864 - d. May 27 1919
* Iowa Cem. Records
Marriage date: December 28, 1891 Bremer Co. Iowa
* LDS IGI No. America Witnesses: Phoebe Edwards and Addie A. Brooks - married by C.H. Brooks Justice of the Peace.
Death date: May 5, 1907
* Ancestry.com
* Iowa Cemetery Records Wilson Grove Cem. Sumner Twp. Fayette, County, Iowa.
 

SOURCES:
Sources listed by each individual's name *.

NOTES:
* James Edwards Sr. (b. 1819 Brecknockshire S. Wales) is alternately listed as John in the 1870 Iowa census and as John James in LDS records for some of his children.
 


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