David Jefferson EDWARDS

Birth:
2 Jan 1846
Appanoose, Iowa
Death:
18 Aug 1907
Washington
Marriage:
14 Jan 1869
Clarinda, Page, Iowa
Sources:
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Internet IGI (Jan 2005)
Family Records
Notes:
                   HISTORY: buried Washington State Soldiers home, Orting WA row F, grave 9
having
served in 1st Battery Light Artillery Iowa Vol. from Jan2 1864 to Jul5 1865
MARRIAGE LICENSE: Page Co, Iowa married by Thomas Wallace home of JM Higgins.
1850 CENSUS: Washington Appanoose Iowa 16/16. proves birth date and place.
1860          "           " pg 597 dw 380 fam204, age 14 w/older md sister
1880 E.D. 278 pg 31, Ln 47 Republic Farmington KS married with 2 children
1900 wife & daughters #2 6 7 8, Dundy Lutz Nebraska film 926 enum 49 st
2 Ln 53. Son Walter seperat residence in Dundy Co NE
EDWARDS FAMILY RECORD: copy listing 8 children, birth date and place, who they
married and where he and wife died and are buried.
Elon Lindsey HIGGINS
Birth:
26 Feb 1851
Sandusky, Erie, Ohio
Death:
18 Dec 1901
Burial:
Blocker Cem, Morrowville, Brown, Kansas
Notes:
                   BIRTH: David Stiverson Family Bible copy
1880 CENSUS: Farmington Republic Co KS
pg 31 ed 278 Ln 47 listed with husband and first 2 children, occup housekeeping.
1900 CENSUS: Lutz, Dundy Co NB roll 926 ed 49 ln 53 dwelling 38 family 38
listed with husband and children 2 6 7 8, gives month and year of birth and
state.
MARRIAGE: Marriage cert 2-225,1-1 from Page Co Iowa. Married in parents home.
Samuel Higgins family Bible gives marriage year as 1861 (note it was hard to
read).
AF states death to be 14 Jan 1861
Children
Marriage
1
Albert Byron EDWARDS
Birth:
8 Dec 1869
Haddam, Washington, Kansas
Death:
7 May 1954
Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
Mary Etta RIGGLE 
Marr:
20 Apr 1890
Haddam, Washington, Kansas 
Notes:
                   BIRTH: 1900 Census Dundy NB. Dist 49 Lutz precinct 18
roll 926 sht 2 ln 59 dewlling 39, family 39. Age 30 bn 12/1869 KS parents IL, &
OH. Wife and first 3 ch.
MARRIAGE: license ages 21 & 18 [17 & 7 mos] record D #33.
50th anniversary newspaper in Buxton Oregon
obituary Wauneta Breeze Nov 24 1941 of wife. All children are listed
in newspapers articles.
DEATH: Cert gives birth, death and burial dates and places, parents names,
SS#, and occupation as a carpenter. State file #5615.prostate enlargement.
also in Edwards family Bible
(Research):1900 census lists  Albert and parents bn KS IL OH
                                  Mary E    "   "          bn IO (IOincorrect) IO2 children NE, last KS
Death cert includes  names of parents, death date and place, and reason,birth date and place, profession and ss# and widowed
2
Mary Elizebath EDWARDS
Birth:
17 Mar 1871
Clarinda, Page, Iowa
Death:
3
Laura Ellen EDWARDS
Birth:
26 Feb 1874
Clarinda, Page, Iowa
Death:
1 Mar 1921
4
Walter Lewis EDWARDS
Birth:
3 Nov 1876
Essex, Page, Iowa
Death:
30 Aug 1941
Emma KIRKPATRICK 
Marr:
1899
Dundy, Nebraska 
5
Margaret Marriah EDWARDS
Birth:
10 Jul 1879
Haddam, Washington, Kansas
Death:
1 Jun 1959
6
Peachie Luvena EDWARDS
Birth:
23 Apr 1882
Haddam, Washington, Kansas
Death:
12 Sep 1925
Kiawatha, Dundy, Nebraska
Forrest LINES 
Marr:
10 Sep 1902
Benkelman, Dundy, Nebraska 
7
Nettie Viola EDWARDS
Birth:
30 Jan 1884
Haddam, Washington, Kansas
Death:
27 Aug 1943
8
Soonie EDWARDS
Birth:
8 Oct 1887
Hiawatha, Dundy, Nebraska
Death:
Aug 1888
 
Marr:
 
9
Etta Mae EDWARDS
Birth:
21 Feb 1890
Hiawatha, Dundy, Nebraska
Death:
31 May 1944
10
Willie EDWARDS
Birth:
16 Oct 1897
Hiawatha, Dundy, Nebraska
Death:
1902
 
Marr:
 
FCID:15944:16525
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David Jefferson Edwards - Elon Lindsey Higgins

David Jefferson Edwards was born at Appanoose, Iowa 2 Jan 1846. His parents were David W. Edwards and Elizabeth Beasley.

He married Elon Lindsey Higgins 14 Jan 1869 at Clarinda, Page, Iowa . Elon Lindsey Higgins was born at Sandusky, Erie, Ohio 26 Feb 1851 daughter of James Marshall Higgins and Mary Jane Stiverson .

They were the parents of 10 children:
Albert Byron Edwards born 8 Dec 1869.
Mary Elizebath Edwards born 17 Mar 1871.
Laura Ellen Edwards born 26 Feb 1874.
Walter Lewis Edwards born 3 Nov 1876.
Margaret Marriah Edwards born 10 Jul 1879.
Peachie Luvena Edwards born 23 Apr 1882.
Nettie Viola Edwards born 30 Jan 1884.
Soonie Edwards born 8 Oct 1887.
Etta Mae Edwards born 21 Feb 1890.
Willie Edwards born 16 Oct 1897.

David Jefferson Edwards died 18 Aug 1907 at Washington .

Elon Lindsey Higgins died 18 Dec 1901 .