Brief Life History of Oscar Franklin
When Oscar Franklin Edwards was born on 24 April 1861, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, James Jordan Edwards, was 43 and his mother, Juliette Burton, was 27. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Maxwell, Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1910. He died on 7 March 1923, in Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 61.
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Sources (7)
- Oscar Edwards in household of J J Edwards, "United States Census, 1880"
- Oscar Franklin Edwards, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Oscar F Edwards, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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