Brief Life History of Charles Henry
When Charles Henry Edwards was born in 1852, in Virginia, United States, his father, Robert C Edwards, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Sallie Gray, was 36. He married Lucy Frances Edwards on 14 January 1875, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fauquier, Virginia, United States for about 10 years.
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- Charles Edwards in household of Robert Edwards, "United States Census, 1870"
- Chas, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Charles H. Edwards, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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