 Birth | May 1864 39 38 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Death of a father | William P Edwards about 1868 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Religious marriage | Ida Mae Shemwell — View this family March 28, 1889 (Age 24 years) Address: Bride's Residence |
| Birth of a son #1 | Byron Edwards May 8, 1890 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Elsie Mae Edwards 1892 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Robert Solon Edwards April 3, 1894 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ann Eliza Hooper February 11, 1896 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | John Wesley Edwards August 25, 1896 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 years)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 daughter | Elsie Mae Edwards 1899 (Age 34 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 36 years) |
 Death | June 1909 (Age 45 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Peninsula Cemetery |