When Elisha Edwards was born on 13 December 1806, in Mantua, Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, Rufus Edwards, was 31 and his mother, Letitia Windsor, was 24. He married Mariah Elizabeth Duzette on 2 January 1832, in Portage, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Norwalk, Huron, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 6 March 1878, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
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.
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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