 Birth | January 8, 1881 33 33 |
 Birth of a sister | Nettie Edwards August 30, 1883 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Andrew Jackson Edwards September 28, 1885 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Barney Coy Edwards May 27, 1887 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 |
 Marriage | Sarah Elizabeth Chappell — View this family December 16, 1900 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Owen Edwards October 28, 1901 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Zada Edwards November 4, 1903 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Cecil Walter Edwards March 6, 1906 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Cora Beatrice Edwards May 8, 1908 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Thomas Linden Edwards September 17, 1910 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Virgil A Edwards June 25, 1913 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Nobel Edwards November 20, 1915 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a wife | Sarah Elizabeth Chappell May 3, 1916 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage | Etta McPherson — View this family October 9, 1916 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 34 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a son | Nobel Edwards September 8, 1917 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 35 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 36 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/ |
| Death of a father | William Harrison Edwards July 7, 1926 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Jane Bivin June 24, 1927 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles H Edwards September 27, 1928 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Zada Edwards December 24, 1928 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 48 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 sister | Nettie Edwards July 4, 1948 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | Barney Coy Edwards July 8, 1951 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 68 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 |
| Death of a wife | Etta McPherson 1953 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Jackson Edwards August 16, 1954 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Edwards 1958 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a brother | Walter Edwards September 28, 1959 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a sister | Dora Alice Edwards 1961 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 | March 20, 1962 (Age 81 years) |