Brief Life History of John William
When John William Edwards was born on 7 February 1850, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert C Edwards, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Sallie Gray, was 34. He married Sarah Jane Edwards on 10 November 1870, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Scott, Fauquier, Virginia, United States in 1900 and Scott District, Fauquier, Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 26 February 1907, in Marshall, Fauquier, Virginia, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Fauquier, Virginia, United States.
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- John W Edwards in household of Robert Edwards, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jno. W., "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Jno. Edwards, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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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.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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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