Edwards, Margaret (Lynn) 1848-1927

EDWARDS, LYNN, HILL, WIGGINS, REAVES, KITTRELL, WEYAND, KINER, HODGENS

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 6/22/2003 at 21:24:59

"Mrs. Margaret Edwards died 9:30 Mon, evening at her home in Brighton. Her maiden name was Rebecca Margaret Lynn, born in Jefferson County, Iowa, May 6 1848. Oct 23 1867 married Waltus Edwards and for many years the home was in Pleasant Plain. Mr. Edwards was a builder and contractor and built most of the new houses in Brighton 25 years ago. . . . .Eight children, 7 of whom survive the mother: Robert of Brighton; Roy of Iowa City; Otto of Muscatine; Mrs. Ethel Hill of Clarksdale, Ariz.; Mrs. Pearl Wiggins of Pleasant Plain; Mrs. Faye Reaves of Muscatine, and Mrs. Dassie Kittrell of Waterloo. The oldest child died in infancy. She is also survived by three brothers and three sisters: John Elliott Lynn of Seward, Nebr.; David Lynn of Nickerson, Kansas; Mrs. Dassah Weyand of Dodge City, Kansas; Mrs. Elizabeth Kiner of Garden City, Kansas; Mrs. Ollie Hodgens of Fairfield and Thomas Lynn of Pleasant Plain. Member Presbyterian - Methodist - Friends Churches. Buried by the side of her husband in the Friends Cemetery at Pleasant Plain."
Fairfield Ledger
Sat., Apr. 2, 1927, 5-2.

"Mrs. Margaret Edwards died Mon. night at her home in Brighton. . . . .burial at Pleasant Plain. 79 years of age. Survived by four daughters and 3 sons. . . . .Husband Walter Edwards died in 1904."
Fairfield Ledger
Thurs., Mar. 31, 1927, 1-2.

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