Iowa Family Group Sheet for James EDWARDS 

SUBMITTED BY: Gayla Sturbaum (updated 3/23/05)
e-mail: gsturbau@du.edu 

HUSBAND: (John?)  James EDWARDS (Senior) ('John' James
is given on Eva's LDS marriage rec and the 1880 Iowa
Census - otherwise the name is James.)
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: March 20, 1819 ,
Brecknockshire, South Wales (Date taken from
headstone, census, and 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. 
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Feb 28, 1851 Dodgeville,
Wisconsin (LDS IGI file, Wisconsin vitals records)
MILITARY SERVICE: Unknown
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: Aug 7, 1886, Dayton, Iowa
(Buried Grove Hill Cem., Readlyn, IA-shares headstone
with daughter Mariette)
FATHER: Unknown 
MOTHER: Unknown
 
WIFE: Mary JONES
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: August 9, 1828  Llanfihangel
Ar Arth, Carmarthenshire, Wales (LDS IGI, Headstone at
Grove Hill Cem.)
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: Feb 28, 1851 Dodgeville,
Wisconsin (LDS IGI file)
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: 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)


CHILD 1: Margaret (Maggie) Diane EDWARDS (1870 Iowa
Census)
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: Dec. 02, 1851, Dodgeville,
Wisconsin
MARRIED: Daniel Frank WHITNEY (native of Vermont)
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: June 02, 1874 Dayton,
Webster, Iowa (LDS IGI No. America marriage)
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: Aug. 04, 1923 Maynard,
Fayette Co., Iowa -- Buried Greenwood. Cem. Fayette
Co. IA
CHILDREN: Charles H. (b. Sept 1862- d. Nov. 1 1871
buried Wilson Grove Cem - back corner), (1895 Iowa
state census): Julia (18) b. 1876, d., Sept. 21 1896
at age 20), buried Greenwood Cem., Wallace (17),
(Jane) Lottie .  (15) Whitney Fox - Buried Greenwood
Cem.  Mary (14), Emma (13) Mintha (10), Maggie (9),
Daniel Leon, b. Aug . 1882 d. Aug 21 1883, buried
Grove Hill Cemetery on lot next to James and Mary
Edwards (grandparents), Ina (4), Frank (1). 

CHILD 2: Sarah EDWARDS
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: About 1853 (1860 Wisc.
Census)
MARRIED: John W. Meyers (Myers) 
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: October 23, 1871 Black
Hawk Co. Iowa (IGI Batch M587282)
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH:  Unknown - died before 1920
CHILDREN: (1880 Iowa census Cass Twp., Hamilton Co.
Iowa) Martha Meyers, Stella Meyers Richert (Stella's
heirs: Lois McDowell and James Gilham), Edwin Meyers,
Elias Melvin Meyers (sources: Iowa census and Simon
Edwards' - court records)

CHILD 3: Anna Elizabeth EDWARDS (1870 Census, Fairview
Cemetery/Spokane, WA)
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: About July, 17, 1855
Dodgeville, Wisconsin (1860 Wisc. census)
MARRIED: Frederick W. TIEDT (1885, 1895 Iowa State
census; 1930 Spokane, Wash, Rock Lake census b.
05/25/1855, d. 02/08/1938,
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: December 31, 1875 Bremer
Co. Iowa records
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: TIEDT, Ann Elizabeth, d.
08/09/1930, 6-23, Nee: Edwards
http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/spokane/fairview_cemetery.htm
CHILDREN: (1895 Bremer Co. Iowa census): Ida G. (18),
Effa M. 16) William S. (11), Elmer  (7) Elmer's
children (Wash. State 1930 census Spokane, Rock Lake)
Wife Hattie: Shirley, Kenneth, Joseph, Orvil L. 

CHILD 4: Benjamin EDWARDS
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: About 1857, Dodgeville, Wisc.
(1860 Wisc. Census)
MARRIED:
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: 
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: Unknown, not found after
being listed in 1860 Wisc. census

CHILD 5: James Phillip EDWARDS 
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: May 23, 1859 Dodgeville,
Wisconsin  (1860 Wisc. Census, his death certificate)
MARRIED: Anna Maria (h) EDWARDS (maiden name EDWARDS)
- Divorced abt. 1900
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: 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
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: May 28, 1939 Boulder, Co
(buried Longmont/Mountain View Cem) Death certificate,
headstone
CHILDREN: Frank Edwards (not married, buried Longmont,
CO), Eleanor May (Nell) Edwards Rigney (buried Big
Piney WY), Ed Edwards (not married, buried Big Piney,
WY), George (Red) Valentine Edwards (not married,
buried Longmont, CO), Irene Edwards Bellis (buried
Cheyenne, WY), Myrtle Catherine Edwards Carey (buried
Longmont, CO), Florence Edwards Gwinn (buried
Longmont, CO). 

CHILD 6: Simon S. EDWARDS
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: Feb. 19 1861 Dodgeville,
Wisc. (1870, 1880, 1900 Iowa census, headstone in
Iowa)
MARRIED: No
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: 
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: 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 
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: About 1863, Dodgeville, Wisc.
(1870 Iowa census)
MARRIED:  George Richards
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: October 6, 1879 - Bremer
Co. Iowa  -- Married by L. Ellingwood M.G.
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: Unknown -- Listed in Simon's
will as living at Athol Kansas in July, 1920 (Pleasant
Twp. Smith County KS.  1920 Census)
CHILDREN: (1910/1920 Pleasant Twp, Smith Co, Kansas
census) 

CHILD 8: George A. EDWARDS 
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: About 1865, Dodgeville, Wisc.
(1870 Bremer Co. Iowa census, 1900 & 1920 Fayette Co.
Iowa census)
MARRIED: Ann  (died 1956 Fayette Co, Westgate IA
buried Greenwood Cem.) 
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE:  Fayette, Co IA?  Lived in
Westgate, IA - mentioned in James Phillip EDWARDS,
Colorado obit. 1939.  Buried Greenwood Cem., Fayette,
Co. Iowa
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: Fayette, Co., Westgate, Iowa 
1941.

CHILD 9: Mariette EDWARDS 
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: About Sept. 1867 Dodgeville,
Wisc. 
MARRIED: 
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: 
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: March 13, 1871 (three years,
5 months, 25 days) Headstone - Grove Hill Cem. Bremer
Co, Readlyn Iowa

CHILD 10: Phoebe Edith EDWARDS
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1870 Bremer, Co. Iowa. (4
mos. old in 1870 Iowa census)
MARRIED: Charles H. LEVERTON  (died 1954)
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE:  Unknown
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: 1945 - Buried Laurel Oak
Cemetery, Henry Co. Missouri, Windsor Twp. (Rootsweb
name search "Missouri") 
CHILDREN: (1920 Missouri census): Roy (21), Ray (21),
Yula (19), Velma (9)

CHILD 11: Eva Jemima EDWARDS (1880 Iowa census) 
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: Mar. 1872 
MARRIED: John RICHARDS 
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE:  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.
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH:  October 25, 1911 Bremer Co.
Iowa  (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.
CHILDREN: Zatha Richards Berger, Kenneth Richards and
Edith Richards Thayer (twins), and Donald Richards. 

CHILD 12: Irene (Rena) EDWARDS
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: April 9, 1875 
MARRIED: Homer A. CARPENTER (b. Aug. 3 1864 - d. May
27 1919 (Iowa Cem. Records)
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE: 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.
DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH: May 5, 1907 (Ancestry.com
Iowa Cemetery Records) Wilson Grove Cem. Sumner Twp.
Fayette, County, Iowa. 
CHILDREN: (1920 Iowa census - Dau. Lena (18)? - Homer
widowed
 
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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