John Warren Edens

Brief Life History of John Warren

John Warren "Texas John" Edens was born 6 Nov 1783, in Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia. His parents were Alexander Edens and Molley Unknown. He married Lavinia Mize Langford Apr of 1802, in Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina. Texas John Edens passed away 15 Mar 1857, in Augusta, Houston County, Texas and is buried in the John Edens Family Cemetery there. John Edens settled in Houston Co. in 1831 & was a large land owner-farmer. He had 11 children by his 1st wife, Lavinia Langford; she died before he came to TX from Lousiana. His second wife gave him two more daughters, the oldest was Caladonia, buried here.

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Family Time Line

John Warren Edens
1783–1857
Lavinia Langford
1785–1830
Marriage: 1802
Banister Edens
1804–1889
Alfred K. Edens
1812–1855
Olive Edens
1818–1860
Balis Edens
1805–1873
Matilda Edens
1807–1856
Lucinda Edens
1807–1883
Washington Earls Edens
1810–1865
Lauriet Martha Edens
1813–1860
Darius H Edens
1814–1883
John Silas Edens
1820–1892

Sources (5)

  • John Eden in the Texas, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890
  • John Edens, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Edens -

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English (Oxfordshire): variant of Eden , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dutch (mainly Groningen), West Frisian, North German (Schleswig), and East Frisian: genitivized patronymic from the personal name Ede or Edo. This surname is very rare in East Frisia and rare in Schleswig.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Edens-Madden Masacre

Marker Text: ​A famous tragedy of the 1830s. While able-bodied men where away fighting Indians, six or seven women, some young children, and four elderly men -- most of them relatives -- were at the h …

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