When Harrison Martin Edwards was born on 11 February 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Elisha Edwards, was 34 and his mother, Mariah Elizabeth Duzette, was 26. He married Naomi Padris Williams on 10 March 1865, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Fayette, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1866. In 1880, at the age of 39, his occupation is listed as dry goods merchant. He died on 12 September 1912, in Sterling, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1862: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
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 NamesMy grandfather, Solon Edwards, told me that his father, Harrison Martin Edwards, married Orilia Hansen in polygamy. He had met her in the Manti Temple. She asked him if she could be his wife. He ag …
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