 Birth | July 19, 1802 44 22 |
 Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 5 months)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
 Birth of a brother | John Edwards 1808 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Polly Edwards about 1813 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Patsey Edwards about 1814 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 9 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
| Death of a half-brother | Newtt Edwards 1815 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Edwards about 1819 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | David Edwards September 26, 1819 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Andrew Jackson Edwards January 22, 1822 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 29 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
 Marriage | Neomiah Harkin — View this family February 25, 1836 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 33 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Tempa Edwards November 17, 1836 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Edwards August 30, 1838 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | David Edwards Jr. July 11, 1839 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Jackson Edwards 1840 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 43 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a mother | Alicey Johnson 1854 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 54 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 58 years)Note: 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 64 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 64 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 66 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 |
| Death of a wife | Neomiah Harkin September 3, 1875 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Patsey Edwards September 24, 1878 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 75 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lizzy Edwards October 29, 1879 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | August 27, 1882 (Age 80 years) |