EDWARDS GENEALOGY
David Edwards, Sr.
Born:
Died: after 1790 Barnwell Co., SC
Married:
Children of David Edwards, Sr.:
1. Joshua Edwards married ??
Child: John
2. Richard Edwards
3. Victor Edwards married Mary Turner
Children: Everette,
Darling, Clarkston, Mary, Nealy,
Judith, Jane, Charles and
Lavinia Edwards
4. Nancy Edwards
5. Theophilus Edwards
6. David Edwards, Jr.
Born: 1766 Virginia (from 1880 Census Leake Co.,
MS)
Died: a. 1822-23 Amite County, MS
Married: Elizabeth TURNER a.
1789
Children of David and Elizabeth Turner Edwards, Jr.:
1. Matthew Edwards
Born: 8 Jul 1791
Died: Before 1854 in Amite County, MS
Married: Elizabeth Carruth 11 Mar 1847 Amite
County, MS.
Child: Mary Elizabeth
Edwards
2. Joseph Edwards
Born: 8 Jun 1793 SC
Died: 27 October 1876 Amite County, MS
Married: Margaret Johnson March 1821, Johnston
Station, Pike
County, MS.
Children: Frances N., Elizabeth
Edwards, James E., Joseph E.,
Mary Ann and David M. Edwards.
3. Jesse Edwards
Born: 6 Sep 1794 in SC
Died: 20 Aug 1861 in East Baton Rouge Parish,
LA
Married: Mary E. Johnson
Children: George and
Frances Edwards
4. Turner Edwards
Born: 9 Apr 1796
Died:
Married:
5. Rachel Edwards
Born: 18 Feb 1798 SC
Died: after 1870
Married: Jonathan or Joseph Humphreys
6. Elizabeth Edwards
Born: 9 Jun 1799
Died:
Never married
7. David Edwards, III
Born: 18 Jul 1802 SC
Died: 4 Feb 1883
Married: 13 Mar 1824 Lawrence County, MS to Cevilla/Sevila/Savalia
Bennett
Children: Mary, Nicholas,
Achsah E., Parthenia, Charles,
William M., John, Frances
E., Martha J., and James Elias Edwards
8. Achsah/Aixey Edwards
9. Ellison Edwards
Born: 22 Jul 1807 SC
Died: a. 1875 Holmes County, MS
Married #1: Sarah Carruth in Amite County, MS.
No Children known
Married #2: Mrs. Charlotte Sorrells
Children: Ellison, Jr.,
Nicholas, and James S. Edwards
Married #3: Keziah Jane "Kate"
Clayton a. 1860 in MS
Children: Sarah
Jane, Lee/Les, Mary E., William David,
and Jesse Lafatte Edwards
10. Alce/Alcey Edwards
Born: 15 Dec 1810 SC
Never married and lived with two spinster sisters,
Elizabeth
and Achsah Edwards.
11. John Edwards
Born 25 FEB 1790 SC
Died: Nov 1854 Amite Co., MS
Married #1: Martha Ann Stephens
in 1813, Marion County, MS
Child of John and Martha Edwards:
1. Martha Ann Edwards
Born: 14 Jul 1816 MS
Died: a 1855-59
Married Ransom M. Graves (believed to be his 2nd
wife)
Children: son, daughter, son, Mary Jane, Augustus
Edwards Graves, Amanthia Graves, Ophelia Graves, Columbus Graves,
Elizabeth Graves, Martha Graves and Elizabeth
Graves.
11. John Edwards Married #2: Elizabeth EPPS 16 NOV 1820 in Amite County MS
Children of John and Elizabeth Epps Edwards:
1. John Jackson Edwards
Born: 7 Apr 1824 Copiah Co., MS
Died: 23 July 1846
Married: Mary E. Johnson
2. Edwards Finch Edwards
Born: 4 Jan 1826 Copiah Co., MS
Died: 13 Jan 1844
Married: never married
3. Sarah Elizabeth Edwards
Born: 2 February 1828 Copiah Co., MS
Died: 1858
Married #1: 6 Feb 1851 Copiah Co., MS William
C. Fitzpatrick
Married #2: 27 Dec 1851 Copiah Co., MS John
R. Temple, Sr.
Children: Sarah
Elizabeth ba 1853 in MS and John R. Temple, Jr. ba 1885 in MS
4. Jesse Madison Edwards
Born: 2 Dec 1830 Copiah County, MS
Died: befor 1857
Married: probably never married.
5. Nancy Margaret Edwards
Born 17 Sep 1833 in Copiah County, MS
Died:
Married: James W. Pierce 6 Jan 1852
Children: Lucretia Pierce ba 1853 MS, Edwards
Pierce ba 1855 MS and Eppes M. Pierce ba 1858 MS
6. Unknown son bb 1836-40 in MS. died before 1850
7. Unknown son bb 1836-40 in MS. died before 1850
8. Harriet E. J. Edwards
Born: 4 Jun 1839 in Copiah County, MS
Died: 1924 buried Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike,
MS
Married: William R. Temple 28 Aug 1855 Copiah
Co., MS
Children: Conway ba 1856
MS and died as infant; Eveline Lucretia ba 1858 MS and married William F.
Furlow; Elizabeth ba
1859 Lawrence County, MS da 1883 in childbirth m. 1879 James Mitchell (s/o
James Charles and
Nancy Brown Mitchell) and had son Lee; William Columbus ba 1862 MS married
1886 Caroline O.
Clark and had David and William; Marion Orlando ba 1864 MS; Margaret Nancy
"Maggie"
ba 1867 MS died
before 1 Jun 1900. married 24 Jan 1884 Thomas Edwin Ainsworth; Althea O. ba
1869 MS
married 1887 Danniel
T. Andrews; and James Dwyer ba 1871 in MS and married #1 unkown and #2 Sallie
Smith and had Earl,
Kathleen, James and Eliza; Lee ba 1873 MS died young, Lula Belle ba 1875
married Alfred
Kilbourne;
Harry Forrest b Jan 1879 MS married a 1897 Mousa Smith and Troy Temple ba 1880
da 1893 and
buried in Edwards
Cemetery..
9. James David Edwards, Sr.
Born: 26 June 1822 Copiah County, MS
Died: Feb, 1863 Copiah Co., MS
Married Annie Talitha BROWN 8
June 1846 Lawrence County, MS
Children of James David and Annie Talitha Brown
Edwards:
1. John
William Edwards
Born: ?? Nov 1847 Copiah County, MS
Died: 1936 buried at Bethel Baptist Church,
Copiah County, MS
Married: Emma Cullen Young b. ?? Apr 1856 d.
?? Oct 1938
Children:
John H.
Edwards ?? Jul 1875 Copiah County, MS d. 1933 Never married.
Robert L.
Edwards b. ?? May 1877 Copiah County, MS d. 1949 Never married
Joseph Edwards
b. ?? Mar 1885 Copiah County, MS d. 1951 Never married.
Homer Edwards b. ??
June 1887 Copiah County, MS d. 1955 Never married (family story
that he married and
divorced without issue)
Cullen b. ?? Jun 1890 in
Copiah County d. 1955. Never married (Mentally handicapped)
2.
Laura Lavinia Edwards
Born: a. 1850
Died:
Married: Charles C. Rembert 24 Feb 1869 Copiah
County, MS (s/o Zaccheus and Jane Rice Rembert)
Children:
Lillian ba 1869
Matt J. ba 1872 in MS m.
Laura ? and had Beatrice, Hannah, Ruth, and James-- all born in LA
Charles Inman b. Feb
1876 in MS
J. Rembert ba 1879 in MS
3.
Jesse Madison Edwards
Born: 15 Jul 1855 Copiah County, MS
Died: 19 Mar 1950 buried Pleasant Valley
Methodist Church Cemetery
Married:. Sarah Elizabeth
"Sallie"Ainsworth 6 Dec 1882 Lawrence County, MS
Children(12):
1]Thomas Ainsworth Edwards
b. 18 Aug 1884 Copiah County, MS d. 26 Feb 1943 Copiah County
buried Pleasant Valley Methodist
Church Cemetery. Never married.
2]Annie Talitha Edwards b. 24
Feb 1886 Copiah County, MS d. 9 Mar 1982 Copiah County, MS.
buried Sweetwater United
Methodist Church cemetery, married 9 Feb 1908 Homer Lee Stuart.
Children(4):
Oliver Thomas Stuart ba 1908
married Dorris L. Guynes. Children: Tommy and Harry.
Hubert Denon Stewart b. 20 Feb
1910 Copiah County, MS d. 10 Nov 1985. married 23 Oct 1936
Anne Lucille Nettles.
Children: Hubert, Ralph, Bobbie, Tony and Janice.
Myrtle Louise
Mildred
3]Jesse Owens b. 15 Nov 1887
Copiah County, MS. d. 6 Sep 1963. Married Myrtis Decell 1918
Children: Juanita, Paul,
Nelson, Lucye, and Donald.
4]Robert Cleveland b. 13 Oct
1890 Copiah County, MS d. 8 Aug 1959 Dallas, TX married Ruth
Spellman Byars. Child: Ruth
Louise
5]Mary Etta b. 4 Mar 18893
Copiah County, MS d. 5 Feb 1982 married Charles Byron Norton
on 12 May 1919. Child:
Charles Edwards
6]Sallie Ethel b. 7 Feb 1895
Copiah County, MS d. 14 Jun 1933. married Murray Mullins Price
on 11 Mar 1919. Children:
daughter died at birth, Angeline, Doris, Dorothy, and Talitha.
7]James Galveston b. 21 Aug 1896 d. 20 Feb 1979 married Lillian Row Furr. No children.
8]Anna May b. 19 Dec 1899 Winn Parish, LA d. 26 Aug 1900
9]Alta Mae b. 29 Sep 1901
Winn Parish, LA d. 29 Aug 1972 m. Claude Wood Decell 9 Mar 1921
Children: Mary, Alta, and
Claude.
10]George Seymour b. 29 Sep
1901 Winn Parish, LA. d. 30 Mar 1976 m#1 Sudie Mae Garner and
2nd Bertha Scurlock. Child:
Georgia (daughter of first wife)
11]John Rochelle b. 15
Oct 1992 Copiah County, MS d. 5 Apr 1994 married Evelyn Ramsey
Child: James
12]Martin Lee b. 6 Aug 1906 d. 24 Mar 1907
4.
James David Edwards Jr.
Born: 10 Apr 1861 Copiah County, MS
Died: 12 May 1937 buried in Edwards Cemetery,
Copiah County, MS
Married: Emma E. Stuart 2 Nov 1881
Children:
Laura Pearl b. 3 Sep
1882 d. ?? Nov 1882 Buried in Edwards Cemetery.
Ralph Clinton b. 14 Feb
1885 d. 26 Oct 1906 Buried Edwards Cemetery
Cassendania
"Cassie" b. 8 Oct 1888 MS d. 12 May 1969 buried
Sweetwater Cemetery
married 26 Nov 1906 Frank Grover
Magee. Children: Edward, Lloyd, Kenneth, Robert, Emma
James and Frederick.
Winnifred Ethel
"Winnie" b. 29 Aug 1893 da age 19. Buried in Edwards Cemetery.
Charles Frederick
"Fred" b. 8 Aug 1900 d. 1962 married about 1950 Lavelle Puckett
5.
Charles Inman Edwards (Picture)
Born: 20 Mar 1853 Copiah County, MS
Died: 11 Feb 1932 Copiah Co., MS
Married Margaret Ann BEACHAM
28 Feb
1878 Copiah Co., MS
Children of Charles Inman and Margaret Ann Beacham Edwards:
1.Archie Baker "Bud" Edwards
Born: 14 Jan 1879 Copiah County, MS
Died: 12 Oct 1961 Biloxi, MS
Married: Lessie May Magee a 15 Nov 1904
Copiah County, MS
Children:
Dudley Fleetwood Edwards b. 31
Aug 1905 MS d. 2 May 2001. Married Jamie Elizabeth Bonner
Children: John, Lois, Patricia,
Lucy
Margie Victoria Edwards b. 15
Jun 1907 MS d. 3 Oct 2000 Biloxi, MS. Never married.
Robert Whitfield Edwards b. 4
Jun 1909 MS d. 22 Feb 1986 New Orleans, LA Never married.
Alma Christine Edwards
Betty Baker Edwards
Charlie Waddell Edwards b.
9 Jun 1915 MS d. 4 Dec 2002 Biloxi, MS Never married.
Mary Odessa Edwards.
2. Charles Pinkney "Pink" Edwards
Born: 27 Jan 1881 Copiah County, MS
Died: 29 Jul 1952 McComb, Pike, MS
m. Mana Eudora GRANBERRY
Children:
1. James Oscar Edwards b. 24 Mar
1906 Copiah County, MS d. 26 Jul 1960 m. #1 Jeanne Alexander 1933
and #2
Ruth Dorshell.
Children:
Barbara Jeanne, James Owen, and Janet Mae
2. George Whitfield Edwards b. 28 Feb
1908 Copiah County, MS d. ??
Dec 1986 m. Elaine Barron 17 Feb 1941
Children: Joyce, Ronnie, Neva
3. Mattie Eudora Edwards b. 12 Oct
1911 d. 30 May 1996 TX m. Charles Curson 4 Sep 1937
Child:
Randolph
4. Cora Myrtle Edwards b. 12 Feb
1914 d. 9 Oct 2003 m. Tom Hewitt
Children: Tommy and Charlie
5. Nancy Alma Edwards b. 31 Aug 1918
d. 3 June 2009 m. m. Harold Smith 10 Dec
1943
Children: Petey and Joel
6. Ina Mae m. William
Child: William
3. Scott Whitfield Edwards b. 4 Jun 1885 Copiah
County, MS d. 13 Jan 1968 m. Eva Crawford
Child: Aubrey Dean b. 27 Apr
1931 d. 21 Nov1995 m. #1 Donna Sue and #2 Joyce ??
Children: Michael Dean and Alana
4. Eithel I. Edwards 1883-1885
5. Mattie Talitha Edwards b. 8 Sep
1890 Copiah County, MS. d. 30 Jul 1953 m. Rankin M. Hailey
on 27 Apr 1911 .
Children (5):
1]Marguerite Elizabeth Hailey
Born: 27
Oct 1912 Copiah County, MS
Married: Bilbo Britt on 25 Dec 1946. No
children.
Died: 27 Dec 1990
2]Charlie Bruce Hailey
Born: 9 May 1915
Married: Clara Williams 14 Oct 1946
Died: 8
Jan 2005
3]Sara Bess Hailey
Born: 24 Feb 1917
Married:
Richard F. Heusel, Sr.
Died: 11 Dec 2006
4]Howard Rankin Hailey
5]Scott Frizell
6. Unknown daughter died at birth.
7. James Daniel "Jim" Edwards
Born: 27 Jan 1881 Copiah County, MS
Died: 26 Jan 1967 McComb, Pike, MS
Married Nancy Alice GRANBERRY 22
June 1905 Wesson, Copiah, MS
Children(7):
1.] Maggie Mana Edwards
Born: 1 May 1906 Copiah County, MS
Died: 2 June 2000 Lincoln County, MS
Married: James Monroe Crowder 5 Mar 1943
No children
2.] Cooper Pinckney Edwards
Born: 6 May 1908 Copiah County, MS
Died: 31 Aug 1998
Married: Mabel McGregor
Children: Butch, Dorothy,
Franklin
3.] Cora Sallie Edwards died at age 2 Copiah Co., MS
4.] James Franklin Edwards
Born: 5 Jan 19113 Copiah County, MS
Died: 17 Sep 1969
Married: #1 Florence Gatlin and #2 Kathryn
LeSieur
Child: Carolyn
5.] Nancy Alice m. Wilmer L. Hart
Children: Virginia
and Madolyn
6.] Susie Thompson m. Roy
Children: Roy, Susan and Gaylen
7.] Hazel Virginia m. Skeet
No children
(To see a picture of these Edwards sisters, see PICTURES)
Note: Charles Pinkney and James Daniel were twins
Last updated: June 4, 2009
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