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George Washington Edwards 1817 – 1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1817

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 6 Jan 1911

Death Location: Winfield, Titus, Texas, USA

Father: Walter Edwards

Mother: Nancy Wilhite

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Sanders

Children(s): William Edwards, Emma Edwards, George Edwards, Nancy Edwards, Nortwre Edwards, Edward Edwards, William Edwards, Mary Edwards, Eliza Edwards, George Edwards, Arthur Edwards

According to available records, George Washington Edwards was born in 1817 in Tennessee, the child of Walter Edwards and Nancy Jane Wilhite. Following those early years, George Washington Edwards married Elizabeth Sanders, and their family grew to include William Julius Edwards, Emma V Edwards, George Washington "Tobe" Edwards, Nancy Caldonia Edwards, Nortwre Edwards, Edward D "Ned" Edwards, William Benjamin Edwards, Mary Elizabeth Edwards, Eliza Jane Edwards, George W. Edwards and Arthur Wellington Edwards. In the later years of life, George Washington Edwards died in 1911 in Winfield, Titus, Texas, USA.

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Parents

Walter Edwards
1800 – 1858
Birth Location: , , Tennessee, USA
WE
Nancy Wilhite
1800 – 1872
Birth Location: Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
NW

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Sanders
1826 –
Birth Location: Alabama
ES

Children(s)

William Edwards
1853 – 1928
Birth Location: Mississippi
WE
Emma Edwards
1854 – 1933
Birth Location: Tennessee
EE
George Edwards
1855 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
GE
Nancy Edwards
1855 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
NE
Nortwre Edwards
1855 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
NE
Edward Edwards
1862 – 1938
Birth Location: Tennessee
EE
William Edwards
1864 – 1933
Birth Location: Tennessee
WE
Mary Edwards
1864 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
ME
Eliza Edwards
1865 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
EE
George Edwards
1870 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
GE
Arthur Edwards
1875 – 1916
Birth Location: Tennessee
AE

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Jan 1830
    Event Place: Campbell, Bradley, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 54, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 14, Cheatham, Tennessee; Roll: 1247; Page: 32A; Enumeration District: 029, Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 2, Titus, Texas; Roll: 1328; Page: 345D; Enumeration District: 108, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1515; Page: 267A; Family History Library Film: 553014, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Cheatham, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1518; Page: 116A; Family History Library Film: 553017, Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 7, Robertson, Tennessee; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0050; FHL microfilm: 1241594, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 3, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1241; Page: 282; Family History Library Film: 805241, Year: 1910; Census Place: Winfield, Titus, Texas; Roll: T624_1594; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1375607, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 19, Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: M432_901; Page: 502B; Image: 387

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Bef. 1830

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1817
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Bradley, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Bradley, Tennessee; Page: 70; Family History Library Film: 0024542

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: District 19, Wilson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 19, Wilson, Tennessee; Roll: M432_901; Page: 502B; Image: 387

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: District 3, Bradley, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 3, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1241; Page: 282; Family History Library Film: 805241

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: District 1, Bradley, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Bradley, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1515; Page: 267A; Family History Library Film: 553014, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Cheatham, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1518; Page: 116A; Family History Library Film: 553017

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: District 14, Cheatham, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 14, Cheatham, Tennessee; Roll: 1247; Page: 32A; Enumeration District: 029, Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 2, Titus, Texas; Roll: 1328; Page: 345D; Enumeration District: 108

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Jun 1890
    Event Place: Monticello, Titus, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1890 Veterans Schedules, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Departmen

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Civil District 7, Robertson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 7, Robertson, Tennessee; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0050; FHL microfilm: 1241594

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Winfield, Titus, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Winfield, Titus, Texas; Roll: T624_1594; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1375607

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Texas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 6 Jan 1911
    Event Place: Winfield, Titus, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982

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