Brief Life History of John Henry
When John Henry Edwards was born on 24 January 1851, in Warren, North Carolina, United States, his father, John William A. Edwards, was 35 and his mother, Martha Ann Renn, was 31. He married "Martha" Pattie Green Knuckles in 1870, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Sandy Creek Township, Warren, North Carolina, United States in 1880 and Middleburg, Vance, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 January 1924, in Smith Creek Township, Warren, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Cokesbury United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cokesbury, Vance, North Carolina, United States.
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- John H Edwards, "United States Census, 1880"
- John H. Edwards, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
- John Henry Edwards in entry for William Hewitt Edwards, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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