Brief Life History of James Peas
When James Peas Edwards was born on 12 October 1838, in Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States, his father, Elisha Edwards, was 31 and his mother, Mariah Elizabeth Duzette, was 24. He married Catherine Elizabeth Petty on 4 July 1861, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Fayette, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 1 June 1901, in Emery, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Jas P Edwards, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Peas Edwards - birth: 12 October 1838; Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
- James Peas Edwards, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1862
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
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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James Peas Edwards - by Catherine E Poelman
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