_Abner EDWARDS _____
_William Leonard EDWARDS _|
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|--Francis Allen EDWARDS
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| _Sanford PULLEN ____
|_Sarah Ann PULLEN ________|
|_Susanah R. PULLEN _
Census: 1900 Mississippi Carroll Co. Frank A. Edwards Mar 1869 31 9 years MS AL GA Pocahuntas Oct 1875 24 9 MS TN AL Addie Jul 1896 4 S MS MS MS William L. Oct 1897 2 S MS MS MS Frank H. Dec 1899 5mo S MS MS MS (1910 census for Carroll Co, MS is illegible.) 1920 Mississippi Coahoma Co. Clarksdale Beat 4 ED 37 sheet 6B fam 130 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Sam Rosenberg MW 35 m Russia Merchant Wife Tilly Rosenberg FW 25 m Romania Head Pocahuntas Edwards FW 42 wd MS MS MS Clerk son William MW 22 S MS MS MS son Frank MW 20 S MS MS MS son Albert MW 17 S MS MS MS dau Glayds FW 15 S MS MS MS dau Dell FW 13 S MS MS MS son Virge MW 10 S MS MS MS1930 MS Coahoma Clarksdale ED 13 sheet 11A fam 202 NARA Publication: T626, roll 1142 Film Number: 2340877 Household Gender Age Pocahontas Edwards head w f 54 wd MS VA AL Eva L Edwards dau w f 23 s MS MS MS
Personal knowledge: Addie married Grady Turner and moved to Drew MS. Grady at one time had a Hupmobile dealership there. He was a mechanic for Sunflower Co. when he was stricken with cancer and died. Their sons Grady Turner Jr, Gerald (Brer) Turner, and Robert Lidell Turner all served in WW II. Robert was killed when a Japanese plane hit his ship. Grady Jr, married and moved to Kansas. Brer married Mary Bush, from Blaine, MS. Dec 26 1943 and had several children. Addie and Grady had one daughter Marjorie Turner, who married Neil Pressley from Tupelo and had a son Nicky Pressley. Gladys married Tom Ray and moved to Memphis, then Covington, TN. They had one daughter, Dorothy who married a Mr Coe, and they had one son. William Leonard and Albert had short marriages and divorces, no children. Albert became a Merchant Marine and traveled all over the world. He was robbed and beaten to death in New Orleans, LA. and is buried there. Frank was shot in Clarksdale in 1926. Eva Ladell married John R. Dunn of Clarksdale, in Sumner MS. they had one son Robert Leonard Dunn and one daughter Marie Dunn. Robert's head was injured at his birth and as a result of that he was retarded. He spent most of his life in the state institution in Ellisvill, MS, and died in 1988. Marie married first Charles J. Bridges then Edwin L. Blocher, Jr and had one child, Angela M. Blocher. Eva Ladell also married William Edgar Shoemaker, in Texarkana. There were no children of this marriage. Vigil served in the Navy in WW II, married Olive Clara Clapham of Lyon, MS, had one daughter, Olive Gail Edwards, who married William Anson Prewitt III of Temple Texas, adopted a son W.A.P.4 and had two daughters, Penney and Casey. George died as a child. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery beside his mother and father, and their unnamed infant. Francis Allen Edwards left MS and went to the area of Amarillo, TX for his health. He was suffering from TB. He is said to have dropped dead on the street in Cupid, OK.
Find A Grave Francis Allen Edwards Birth: Mar. 20, 1869 Death: Sep. 30, 1917
Family links: Parents: William Edwards (1820 - 1904) Spouse: Pocahuntas Henrietta Pentecost Edwards (1875 - 1937)
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery North Carrollton Carroll County Mississippi, USA
Created by: Beth Austin Record added: Dec 17, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 23449914