James Madison Edgin

Brief Life History of James Madison

When James Madison Edgin was born on 16 January 1838, in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, his father, Thomas Edgin, was 47 and his mother, Catherine Conatser, was 40. He married Eliza Jane Riley on 6 October 1859, in Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in DeKalb, Alabama, United States in 1850 and White Oak Township, Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died on 19 August 1878, in Franklin, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 40.

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Family Time Line

James Madison Edgin
1838–1878
Eliza Jane Riley
1844–1927
Marriage: 6 October 1859
Benjamin Franklin Edgin
1861–1919
Mary L. Edgin
Mary Lucinda Edgin
1867–1915
Thomas Preston Edgin
1868–1926
James W. Edgin
1871–1942
William Riley Edgin
1873–1937
Minty T Edgin
1874–1876
Margaret L. Edgin
1876–1883
Thomas Jefferson Edgin
1878–
John David Edgin
1878–1938

Sources (4)

  • Jas Edgin, "United States Census, 1860"
  • James Agent, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
  • James Madison Edgin, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

Name Meaning

English: unexplained.

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

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