When Doctor Franklin Edwards was born on 28 January 1855, in Cerro Gordo, Columbus, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Edwards, was 29 and his mother, Sophia E. Suggs, was 30. He married Mary Ann White on 14 March 1877, in Cerro Gordo, Columbus, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870. He died on 19 February 1928, in Fair Bluff, Columbus, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Gowan Cemetery, Cerro Gordo, Columbus, North Carolina, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesDoctor Franklin “Dock” Edwards BIRTH 28 Jan 1855 Columbus County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 19 Feb 1928 (aged 73) Cerro Gordo, Columbus County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Gowan Cemetery Cerro Gordo, …
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