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John Edwards

Male 1806 - 1884  (78 years)

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  • Name John Edwards  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 3 January 1806  Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 October 1884  Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Bald Mountain, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I392122209468  Cole Durand
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2022 

    Father John Jackson Edwards,   b. 1780, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850, Yancey, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Susan Cantrell 
    Family ID F2536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Artie Christine,   b. 6 April 1825, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 January 1889, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jasper H Edwards,   b. Abt 1855, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Madison County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Margaret "Nervie" Minerva Edwards,   b. March 1863, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1948, # 11, Madison, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years)
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F2562  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Magaret Higgins,   b. Abt 1825, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Skenton Edwards,   b. Abt 1853, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Barbary Ann Edwards,   b. Abt 1857, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Sarah Ann Edwards,   b. Abt 1860, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Rachael M Edwards,   b. Abt 1864, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Isabel E Edwards,   b. Abt 1867, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F2102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    John Brokeleg Edwards Tombstone sampson-wilson cemetery
    John Brokeleg Edwards Tombstone sampson-wilson cemetery

  • Sources 
    1. [S1464029729] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S1464590772] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), North Carolina State Archives; Raleigh, North Carolina; North Carolina Death Certificates.

    3. [S1464743958] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1870; Census Place: Egypt, Yancey, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1166; Page: 786A; Family History Library Film: 552665.