He was a Col. in the Civil War for the Confederacy. He lived in Alabama before coming to Oklahoma.His first wife's name was Parthena Kansas Smith. She was the Mother to Joseph Anderson Edwards b.1859 & William C. Edwards b,1861.
1850 US Federal Census
Blount County Alabama
Parthena is 17 years old & listed with her parents & siblings
Andrew 58, Nancy 52, Levine 19, Parthena 17, Nancy 14, Martha 6
1855 Source Alabama Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
Parthena Smith, female to William Edwards, male
Marriage date Dec 25, 1855 in Blount
Performed by Minister of the Gospel P.M. Musgrove.
abt 1857 Birth of daughter Nancy Ann Kansas
Source: newspaper clipping found in Parthena Edwards Bible.
Died---Near Village Springs, in Blount County, on the 3rd of September, 1858. NANCY ANN KANSAS, daughter of Hon. W.H. and Mrs. Parthena Edwards aged 1 year 9 months and 28 days.
1859 May 2 @ Duck Springs, Alabama
Birth of Joseph Anderson Edwards
1860 Unitied States Census, Eastern Subdivision, Blount, Alabama
W. H. Edwards Age 34
Parthena Edwards Age 27
Joseph A. Edwards Age 1
1861 Nov 18 @ Duck Springs, Alabama
Birth of William C. Edwards
It has been told to me by family member Rebecca Woodworth that Parthena died of the flu. Maybe 1862?
1862 From the United States Confederate Officers Card Index 1861-1865. He is listed as William H. Edwards from Alabama. Capt., A.Q.M., n.Oct 3; c.Oct 4, 1862, from 1862; 49th Ala Inf.Reg
1863 Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 for William H. Edwards states he was in the 49th infantry in 1863
1866 Alabamba State Census
W.H. Edwards Blount, Alabama
1893 Death Illinois Bend, Montague Co., Texas
I would like to thank Debbie Z for this info.
Cullman Tribune-20 Jul 1893 [Cullman AL]
Died. At his home in Illinois Bend, Montague county, Texas, on the 5th inst, Mr. W.H. Edwards. The deceased was the father of W.C. Edwards, formerly of this place but now of Saint Jo, Texas. The remains were interred at Marysville Cook County, Texas on the 6th inst with Masonic honors. Deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church, and Masonic fraternity for many years. He was about seventy years of age, but had been afflicted severely for several years.
1850 US Federal Census
Blount County Alabama
Parthena is 17 years old & listed with her parents & siblings
Andrew 58, Nancy 52, Levine 19, Parthena 17, Nancy 14, Martha 6
1855 Source Alabama Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
Parthena Smith, female to William Edwards, male
Marriage date Dec 25, 1855 in Blount
Performed by Minister of the Gospel P.M. Musgrove.
abt 1857 Birth of daughter Nancy Ann Kansas
Source: newspaper clipping found in Parthena Edwards Bible.
Died---Near Village Springs, in Blount County, on the 3rd of September, 1858. NANCY ANN KANSAS, daughter of Hon. W.H. and Mrs. Parthena Edwards aged 1 year 9 months and 28 days.
1859 May 2 @ Duck Springs, Alabama
Birth of Joseph Anderson Edwards
1860 Unitied States Census, Eastern Subdivision, Blount, Alabama
W. H. Edwards Age 34
Parthena Edwards Age 27
Joseph A. Edwards Age 1
1861 Nov 18 @ Duck Springs, Alabama
Birth of William C. Edwards
It has been told to me by family member Rebecca Woodworth that Parthena died of the flu. Maybe 1862?
1862 From the United States Confederate Officers Card Index 1861-1865. He is listed as William H. Edwards from Alabama. Capt., A.Q.M., n.Oct 3; c.Oct 4, 1862, from 1862; 49th Ala Inf.Reg
1863 Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 for William H. Edwards states he was in the 49th infantry in 1863
1866 Alabamba State Census
W.H. Edwards Blount, Alabama
1893 Death Illinois Bend, Montague Co., Texas
I would like to thank Debbie Z for this info.
Cullman Tribune-20 Jul 1893 [Cullman AL]
Died. At his home in Illinois Bend, Montague county, Texas, on the 5th inst, Mr. W.H. Edwards. The deceased was the father of W.C. Edwards, formerly of this place but now of Saint Jo, Texas. The remains were interred at Marysville Cook County, Texas on the 6th inst with Masonic honors. Deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church, and Masonic fraternity for many years. He was about seventy years of age, but had been afflicted severely for several years.
He was a Col. in the Civil War for the Confederacy. He lived in Alabama before coming to Oklahoma.His first wife's name was Parthena Kansas Smith. She was the Mother to Joseph Anderson Edwards b.1859 & William C. Edwards b,1861.
1850 US Federal Census
Blount County Alabama
Parthena is 17 years old & listed with her parents & siblings
Andrew 58, Nancy 52, Levine 19, Parthena 17, Nancy 14, Martha 6
1855 Source Alabama Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
Parthena Smith, female to William Edwards, male
Marriage date Dec 25, 1855 in Blount
Performed by Minister of the Gospel P.M. Musgrove.
abt 1857 Birth of daughter Nancy Ann Kansas
Source: newspaper clipping found in Parthena Edwards Bible.
Died---Near Village Springs, in Blount County, on the 3rd of September, 1858. NANCY ANN KANSAS, daughter of Hon. W.H. and Mrs. Parthena Edwards aged 1 year 9 months and 28 days.
1859 May 2 @ Duck Springs, Alabama
Birth of Joseph Anderson Edwards
1860 Unitied States Census, Eastern Subdivision, Blount, Alabama
W. H. Edwards Age 34
Parthena Edwards Age 27
Joseph A. Edwards Age 1
1861 Nov 18 @ Duck Springs, Alabama
Birth of William C. Edwards
It has been told to me by family member Rebecca Woodworth that Parthena died of the flu. Maybe 1862?
1862 From the United States Confederate Officers Card Index 1861-1865. He is listed as William H. Edwards from Alabama. Capt., A.Q.M., n.Oct 3; c.Oct 4, 1862, from 1862; 49th Ala Inf.Reg
1863 Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 for William H. Edwards states he was in the 49th infantry in 1863
1866 Alabamba State Census
W.H. Edwards Blount, Alabama
1893 Death Illinois Bend, Montague Co., Texas
I would like to thank Debbie Z for this info.
Cullman Tribune-20 Jul 1893 [Cullman AL]
Died. At his home in Illinois Bend, Montague county, Texas, on the 5th inst, Mr. W.H. Edwards. The deceased was the father of W.C. Edwards, formerly of this place but now of Saint Jo, Texas. The remains were interred at Marysville Cook County, Texas on the 6th inst with Masonic honors. Deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church, and Masonic fraternity for many years. He was about seventy years of age, but had been afflicted severely for several years.
1850 US Federal Census
Blount County Alabama
Parthena is 17 years old & listed with her parents & siblings
Andrew 58, Nancy 52, Levine 19, Parthena 17, Nancy 14, Martha 6
1855 Source Alabama Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
Parthena Smith, female to William Edwards, male
Marriage date Dec 25, 1855 in Blount
Performed by Minister of the Gospel P.M. Musgrove.
abt 1857 Birth of daughter Nancy Ann Kansas
Source: newspaper clipping found in Parthena Edwards Bible.
Died---Near Village Springs, in Blount County, on the 3rd of September, 1858. NANCY ANN KANSAS, daughter of Hon. W.H. and Mrs. Parthena Edwards aged 1 year 9 months and 28 days.
1859 May 2 @ Duck Springs, Alabama
Birth of Joseph Anderson Edwards
1860 Unitied States Census, Eastern Subdivision, Blount, Alabama
W. H. Edwards Age 34
Parthena Edwards Age 27
Joseph A. Edwards Age 1
1861 Nov 18 @ Duck Springs, Alabama
Birth of William C. Edwards
It has been told to me by family member Rebecca Woodworth that Parthena died of the flu. Maybe 1862?
1862 From the United States Confederate Officers Card Index 1861-1865. He is listed as William H. Edwards from Alabama. Capt., A.Q.M., n.Oct 3; c.Oct 4, 1862, from 1862; 49th Ala Inf.Reg
1863 Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 for William H. Edwards states he was in the 49th infantry in 1863
1866 Alabamba State Census
W.H. Edwards Blount, Alabama
1893 Death Illinois Bend, Montague Co., Texas
I would like to thank Debbie Z for this info.
Cullman Tribune-20 Jul 1893 [Cullman AL]
Died. At his home in Illinois Bend, Montague county, Texas, on the 5th inst, Mr. W.H. Edwards. The deceased was the father of W.C. Edwards, formerly of this place but now of Saint Jo, Texas. The remains were interred at Marysville Cook County, Texas on the 6th inst with Masonic honors. Deceased had been a member of the Baptist Church, and Masonic fraternity for many years. He was about seventy years of age, but had been afflicted severely for several years.
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2012 The cemetery was well kept. Very sweet cemetery with beautiful trees around it.The grave stone is getting hard to read & is deterating
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