Alexander P. Edwards

Brief Life History of Alexander P.

When Alexander P. Edwards was born in 1856, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, his father, Bryson A. Edwards, was 51 and his mother, Nancy Ann, was 42. He married Sarah Ann Horton on 12 August 1875, in Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pipers Gap, Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1880.

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Alexander P. Edwards
1856–
Lulena Padgett
1869–1928
Marriage: about 1888
Levi Jordan Edwards
1889–1926
Susie Elizabeth Edwards
1892–1967
Cora Alberta Edwards
1895–
Viola Vena Edwards
1900–1983
Johnie B Edwards
1902–1918
Maude Edwards
1905–1985

Sources (50)

  • Alexander P Edwards in household of Bryson Edwards, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Alexander Edwards, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Alex Edwards, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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