Sarah Servilla Osburn, the daughter of Daniel S. and Mary Shepherd Osburn, was born 29 January 1855 in Union County, Illinois, and died 23 November 1933 in White County, Arkansas. She married John Edwards Abt. 1889 in Arkansas. He was born in Alabama, and died Bet. 1896 - 1900 in Arkansas, probably in White county.
Sarah and John had these children

• Walter James Edwards, born September 1890; died 02 June 1947
  married Magnolia ???
• John B. Edwards, born October 1892 in Arkansas
  married Cora ???

Life would not have been easy for Sarah, widowed with two small children, she moved in with her brother Silas and is enumerated with his family on the 1900 census. By 1910 the boys have grown up enough that they are out on their own running their own farm. Sarah and boys have been found on these census records.

1900	Arkansas	Cleburne County	Francis Township	Supervisors District 2	Enumeration District 15	Page 229A
18 June 1900	Lines 11-20	Dwelling 171	Family 171	xxx	xxx	T623/54

Silas Osburn	xxx	53	Nov 1846	Farmer	TN/TN/TN
Elizabeth	wife	51	Oct 1848	xxx	AR/TN/AL
John D.	son	20	Jan 1880	Farm Labor	AR/TN/AR
George F.	son	14	Mar 1886	Farm Labor	AR/TN/AR
Robert S.	son	11	Mar 1889	Farm Labor	AR/TN/AR
Andrew C.	son	08	Feb 1892	xxx	AR/TN/AR
Mary Pool	mother in law	83	Sep 1816	xxx	AL/AL/KY
Sarah Edwards	sister	45	Jan 1855	xxx	IL/TN/TN
Walter	nephew	09	Sep 1890	xxx	AR/TN/TN
John	nephew	07	Oct 1892	xxx	AR/TN/TN

1910	Arkansas	White County	Clay Township	Enumeration District 153	Page 46A
3 May 1910	Lines 22-24	Settlement Road	Dwelling 4	Family 4	T624/67

Sarah S. Edwards	xxx	55	Farmer/General Farm	IL/TN/TN
James W.	son	19	Farm Labor/Home Farm	AR/AL/IL
John B.	son	17	Farm Labor/Home Farm	AR/AL/IL

1920	Arkansas	White County	Clay Township	Supervisors District 2	Enumeration District 155	Page 232A
21-22 January 1920	Lines 16-18	Dwelling 326	Family 333	xxx	xxx	T625/84

Walter J. Edwards	xxx	29	Farmer/General Farm	AR/AL/IL
John B.	brother	27	Farm Labor/Home Farm	AR/AL/IL
Sarah S.	mother	63	xxx	IL/TN/TN

1930	Arkansas	White County	Clay Township	Supervisors District 7	Enumeration District 10	Page 71B
18 April 1930	Lines 56-61	Dwelling 73	Family 74	xxx	xxx	T626/98

John B. Edwards	xxx	37	Farmer/General Farm	AR/TN/IL
Cora	wife	27	xxx	AR/KS/MO
Harlin	son	06	xxx	AR/AR/AR
Milford	son	04 - 5/12	xxx	AR/AR/AR
Herman	son	02	xxx	AR/AR/AR
Sarah	mother	75	xxx	IL/TN/TN

1930	Arkansas	White County	Clay Township	Supervisors District 7	Enumeration District 10	Page 69A
16 April 1930	Lines 22-25	Dwelling 44	Family 44	xxx	xxx	T626/98

J. Walter Edwards	xxx	39	Merchant/General Merchandise	AR/TN/IL
Magnolia	wife	30	xxx	AR/AR/AR
James A.	son	08	xxx	AR/AR/AR
Ardis T.	son	07	xxx	AR/AR/AR

Walter James Edwards, the son of John and Sarah Osburn Edwards, was born September 1890 in Mt. Pisgah, White County, Arkansas, and died 02 June 1947 in White County, Arkansas. He married Magnolia ??? Abt. 1920 in Arkansas. She was born 1898 in Arkansas, Walter is buried in Howell Cemetery, Clay, White County, Arkansas, there is a double headstone, but her death date is not listed.
They had these children

• James A. Edwards, born Abt. 1922
• Artist Trumon Edwards, born 20 March 1923; died 18 November 1986

John B. Edwards the son of John and Sarah Osburn Edwards, was born October 1892 in Arkansas. He married Cora ??? Abt. 1923 in Arkansas. She was born Abt. 1902 in Arkansas. Their death dates and burial locations are unknown at this time.
Their children are

• Harlin Edwards, born Abt. 1924
• Milford Edwards, born Abt. 1925
• Herman Edwards, born Abt. 1928