When John W. Edwards was born on 20 September 1863, in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Washington Edwards, was 39 and his mother, Irene Payton, was 29. He married Lula A. Hall on 12 September 1899, in Warsaw, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hoover, Marion, Ohio, United States in 1943 and Hooven, Pickaway, Ohio, United States in 1943. He died on 15 May 1943, in Whitewater Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ohio, United States.
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History of Hamilton County Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches ~~~~~ Compiled by: Henry A. Ford, A. M. and Mrs. Kate B. Ford ~~~~~ L. A. Williams & Co. Publishers 1881
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English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
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