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. Copyright © 2005. All rights reserved. This site may be freely linked to, but not duplicated in any manner without written consent from the submitter.