Brief Life History of James Harrod
James Harrod Edwards was born from 18 September 1818 to 1825, in Kentucky, United States. He married Lucinda Jane Rickard on 2 December 1847, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ste. Genevieve, Louisiana, New France in 1850 and Union Township, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. He died on 2 January 1884, in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States, and was buried in Little Vine Church, Union Township, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States.
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- James Edwards, "United States Census, 1860"
- James H Edwards, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- James H Edwards, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1819 · First Commercial Oil Well Opens
In 1819, in McCreary County, Kentucky along Cumberland River was the site of the first commercial oil well.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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