John Edwards

Brief Life History of John

When John Edwards was born on 4 May 1805, in Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Edwards, was 40 and his mother, Jane Lodwick, was 36. He married Ann Jones on 5 March 1830, in Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 11 May 1877, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Edwards
1805–1877
Margret Ann Pierce
1844–1921
Marriage: 23 November 1867
Margaret Ann Edwards
1867–1912
William Thomas Edwards
1868–1945
David Ludwick Edwards
1870–1942
Catherine Edwards
1875–1957

Sources (61)

  • Jno Edwards, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Wales, Select Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907
  • John Edwards, "Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900"

World Events (8)

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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Mary Edwards Hubbard

(From page 357 - 359 of the Lorenzo Wilson Robbins Family History book written by LaRhea Hawkins Robbins; Taken from: A BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES WESLEY HUBBARD, Compiled by his daughter, Sarah Gwenn …

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