James Marion Edwards1845–
- Name
- James Marion Edwards
- Given names
- James Marion
- Surname
- Edwards
 Birth | October 25, 1845 44 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 months)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 |
 Birth of a sister | Rebecca Adalin Edwards June 18, 1850 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Alicey Johnson 1854 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 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 15 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 |
 Marriage | Melvina Walker — View this family 1867 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 21 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 21 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 23 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Alma Edwards about 1871 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Charles Edwards about 1874 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mattie L Edwards about 1875 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 32 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 son #4 | John F Edwards April 1880 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a father | Gideon Edwards 1890 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 70 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 71 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 72 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 83 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 |
| Death of a sister | Rebecca Adalin Edwards April 9, 1936 (Age 90 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 96 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 104 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 100 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Gideon Edwards Birth: 1801 43 21 — North Carolina, United States Death: 1890 — Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Bodine Death: |
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Marriage: March 15, 1827 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mahala Edwards Birth: 1829 28 Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
William F Edwards Birth: 1830 29 Death: |
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4 years elder sister |
Mariah E Edwards Birth: 1833 32 Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Edwards Birth: 1835 34 Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Susan Edwards Birth: 1837 36 Death: |
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4 years elder sister |
Nancy Edwards Birth: 1840 39 Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
John B Edwards Birth: 1841 40 Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Asley A Edwards Birth: 1842 41 Death: |
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4 years himself |
James Marion Edwards Birth: October 25, 1845 44 Death: |
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5 years younger sister |
Rebecca Adalin Edwards Birth: June 18, 1850 49 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 9, 1936 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Melvina Walker |
| himself |
James Marion Edwards Birth: October 25, 1845 44 Death: |
| wife |
Melvina Walker Death: |
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Marriage: 1867 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Alma Edwards Birth: about 1871 25 Death: |
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4 years son |
Charles Edwards Birth: about 1874 28 Death: |
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2 years daughter |
Mattie L Edwards Birth: about 1875 29 Death: |
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5 years son |
John F Edwards Birth: April 1880 34 Death: |