When Lucinda Jane Rickard was born on 20 October 1825, in Mason, Mason, West Virginia, United States, her father, Jacob Rickard, was 32 and her mother, Nancy Sarah Oliver, was 31. She married James Harrod Edwards on 2 December 1847, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 24 January 1916, in Esther, St. Francois, Missouri, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Little Vine Church, Union Township, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States.