John Wesley EdwardsAge: 57 years1896–1954
- Name
- John Wesley Edwards
- Given names
- John Wesley
- Surname
- Edwards
 Birth | August 25, 1896 32 26 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 months)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Death of a sister | Elsie Mae Edwards 1899 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 3 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | George Alonzo Thomas — Ida Mae Shemwell — View this family October 1907 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a father | Wesley P Edwards June 1909 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William David Shemwell August 26, 1913 (Age 17 years) Address: Confederate Home Cause: Cancer of the Liver |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 21 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Marriage | Geneva Mae Morris — View this family October 16, 1919 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | January 19, 1920 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Lucy Elizabeth Platt March 11, 1929 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 33 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | May 10, 1930 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1940 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a brother | Byron Edwards February 4, 1947 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | April 22, 1954 (Age 57 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Nelson Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Wesley P Edwards Birth: May 1864 39 38 — Missouri, United States Death: June 1909 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Ida Mae Shemwell Birth: November 29, 1869 23 20 — Missouri, United States Death: August 5, 1959 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: March 28, 1889 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
Byron Edwards Birth: May 8, 1890 26 20 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 4, 1947 — St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Elsie Mae Edwards Birth: 1892 27 22 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: 1899 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Robert Solon Edwards Birth: April 3, 1894 29 24 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 31, 1965 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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2 years himself |
John Wesley Edwards Birth: August 25, 1896 32 26 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: April 22, 1954 — Missouri, United States |
| Mother’s family with George Alonzo Thomas |
| step-father |
George Alonzo Thomas Birth: June 28, 1875 — Bates, Missouri, United States Death: March 15, 1949 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Ida Mae Shemwell Birth: November 29, 1869 23 20 — Missouri, United States Death: August 5, 1959 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 1907 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Geneva Mae Morris |
| himself |
John Wesley Edwards Birth: August 25, 1896 32 26 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: April 22, 1954 — Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Geneva Mae Morris Birth: October 13, 1900 — Missouri, United States Death: June 14, 1993 — Mound City, Linn, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 16, 1919 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Wesley P Edwards - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Edwards - Household
Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Edwards - Household
Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Edwards - Household
Nelson, Saline, Missouri
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