When Elizabeth "Eliza" Edwards was born on 5 April 1823, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, her father, Isaac Edwards Jr., was 23 and her mother, Mary S Beamer, was 18. She married John Wyatt Matthews on 31 March 1840, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pipers Gap, Carroll, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 April 1905, in Hillsville, Carroll, Virginia, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Worrell Cemetery, Carroll, Virginia, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name changed briefly to Carrollton after the county was organized and changed back to Hillsville.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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