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Note: 1870, Iron Hill, Farmers Creek Twp. Jackson Co. IA - Call No. t-8,99 page 121, Family # 78 Thomas Edwards, 28, farm laborer, , Value Personal Property, 310, , b. OH Adelaine Edwards, 24, Farmer laborer, b. IA
Thomas Edwards, b. 6 Aug, 1842, OH, came to Iowa as a child. He enlisted in the 31th Iowa Inf. 1862 and served in said regiment during the War. He marched with Sherman on his march to the sea. In 1862, Mr. Edwards came home on furlough and married Adelaine Said. Mr. Edwards contracted disease in the Army and has never been well since, being at times a great sufferer. He was taken with peritonitis on Sunday, Nov, 28, and died Tuesday Nov. 30. His body was laid to wait the resurrection morning in the "Correctionville Cem." The Edwards adopted the children of Adelaine's nephew, Jesse M and his wife, Martha (Hull) Said, after Martha's death.
1870, Farmers Creek Twp. Jackson Co. IA, Post Office, Fulton Thomas Edwards, 28, farm laborer, 300/ , OH, Adeline (Said) Edwards. 24, OH;
Thomas Edwards homesteaded in Kansas, then moved to Correctionville, IA. need census report.
1900, Kedron Twp, Woodbury Co. IA, household #76, Thomas Edwards, head of family, white male, b. Aug. 1842, age 57 yrs, married 36 yrs, b. OH, parents from NY and OH, occupation farmer Adelina Edwards, wife, white fem., b. Nov. 1846, aged 53 yrs, b. IA, parents from KY and MO Mary M. adopted dau, white fem., b. Jul 1886, aged 13 yrs, b. IA, parents from IA, attends school Elias, adopted son, white male, b. Aug. 1888, aged 11 yrs, b. IA, parents from IA, attends school Indiana (Fugate) Said, mother in law, white fem., b. Dec. 1815, aged 84 yrs old, widowed, b. MO, parents from NC and VA., could read, write, speak, English
Add Notes: Jesse Marion Said, (Jefferson3,Jesse2,Thomas1) b. 2 Jan. 1865, Jackson Co. IA, d. 3 Mar. 1939, Centralia, WA; m1) c. 1865, Martha Hull, d.c. 1888, Issue Mary and Elias, Mary was b. Jul 1885, Correctionville, IA she m. Mr. Peterson and had five sons, three who were named; Ralph, Harry and Thomas Peterson, Elias was b. Aug 1888, d. 1970, unmarried. ,
Jesse Marion Said m2) c. 1888, Anna A Clark, b.c. 1872, d. 1893/4, Correctionville, IA, she is believed to be the dau. of Richard Service and Catherine (Edwards) Clark, Issue: Susie, Thomas, Elmer, Jesse Marion Said m3) Caroline Lavantia (Carrie) Smith, b. 14 Sept 1875, Dubuque, IA, d. 1 Jan. 1968, Centralia, WA, dau of Jacob and Martha Smith, Issue: Jesse Esther, Lucille, Evelyn, Ruth,
Correctionville, IA, Correctionville Cem. Thomas Edwards - 1842 - 02 Dec 1909 - Co. F., 31st IA Unf. GAR His Wife: Adaline Said - 1846 - 1918 (wife of Thomas) one stone, then a granite stone with "Mother"
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