William Pompey D. EDWARDS

• BIRTH: 12 DEC 1865, MS
• DEATH: 1936
• BURIAL: Union Cemetery, Plantersville, Lee, MS

1. Mattie Sue EDWARDS

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Zachariah A EDWARDS

• BIRTH: 5 JAN 1799, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
• DEATH: 14 OCT 1850, Montgomery, Alabama
• BURIAL: Edwards Fam Cem, Whitehall, Lowndes, AL

                     _John EDWARDS _
 _David EDWARDS ____|
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Notes

DATE 11 Sep 0 @NI0032@ NOTE SOURCE-COUSIN MARY LOIS IVEY ZACHARIAH A. EDWARDS WAS BORN IN N.C., MOVED TO TENN., AS A CHILD AND CAME TO ALA. ABOUT 1816. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS ELIZABETH IVEY, DAUGHTER OF ELIJAH IVEY AND SISTER OF JESSIE IVEY. WE ARE DESCENDED FROM HER. HIS SECOND WIFE IS A NIECE OF THE FIRST LUCY CATHERINE IVEY ABOTT (MARRIED 17 MAY 1836), AND IS A DAUGHTER OF JESSIE IVEY. SHE WAS MARRIED TO WILLIAM ABBETT BEFORE ZACHAURIAH AN REMARRIED REV. FERDINARD SHAVER BEFORE HIS DEATH. THEY WERE FAIRLY AFFLUENT AND HAD A SUMMER HOME IN TALLADEGO CO., IN TALLASEHATCHIE TO ESCAPE THE MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA THAT WAS PREVALENT IN SOUTH ALABAMA. JAMES EDWARDS VISITED THE HOME IN TALLEDGA,ALA. IN 197_. THE OLD HOME WAS FEATURED IN AN ARTICLE WITH PICTURES IN THE SYACAUGA NEWS DATED SEP.11, 1975.(I HAVE A COPY) ZACHARIA EDWARDS CAME TO LOUNDES CO. WITH HIS FATHER WHEN HE WAS 17 YEARS OLD. HE REMAINED IN LOUNDES CO. THE REST OF HIS LIFE EXCEPT 7 YEARS HE SPENT IN TALLADEGO CO. HE WAS A FARMER ALL HIS LIFE EXCEPT FOR 3 YEARS HE SPENT IN MERCHANDISING AT WHITEHALL,ALA. AND 2 YEARS AT BENTON,ALA. HE WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY ORGANIZED TO TAKE PART THE SEMINOLE INDIAN WAR, BUT THE WAR ENDED BEFORE THEY WERE CALLED TO SERVICE. HE OWNED 440 ACRES OF LAND IN THE COAST DISTRICT OF TALLADEGA CO.,ALA.,IN LOUNDES CO., HE OWNED 1560 ACRES. IT IS KNOWN THAT BEFORE TALLADEGA CO, FORMATION IN 1832 THESE LANDS WERE ONCE A PART OF THE POWERFUL CREEK CONFEDERACY. WHITES HAD LIVED AMONG THE ABIHKA INDIAN TRIBES HERE AS FAR BACK AS THE LATE 1700'S. INDIAN GRAVES HAVE BEEN FOUND A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE LITTLE "TATUM-EDWARDS" CEMETARY WHERE HOWELL TAMUM AND SOME OF THE CHILDREN OF ZACHARIAH EDWARDS WERE BURIED. ZACHARIAH A. EDWARDS'S ORIGINAL HOUSE WAS ON WHAT IS NOW ODENA ROAD, ABOUT 6 MILES FROM SYLACAUGA (TALLADEGA CO.) ON PROPERTY OWNED ,IN 1975 BY JONNIE P. JONES. IN THE ESTATE SETTLEMENT AFTER ZACHARIAH'S DEATH, THE 440 ACRES OF LAND IN TALLADEGA CO. SOLD FOR $6 AN ACRE. IN 1972-74 230 OF THIS SAME LAND SOLD FOR $90,000.

un-named boy EDWARDS

• BIRTH: Dec 1901, Carroll Co., MS
• DEATH: 15 DEC 1901
• BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery, N. Carrollton, MS

                                   _William Leonard EDWARDS _____
 _Francis Allen EDWARDS __________|
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|_Pocahuntas Henrietta PENTECOST _|
                                  |_Susannah Evelyn WARD ________

Mae Alice EGGER

• BIRTH: 7 Nov 1920
• DEATH: 31 DEC 1997
• BURIAL: Oakwood Cem., Winona, Montgomery, MS

• MARRIAGE: Sep 1946

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Nancy Jane EILAND

• BIRTH: 15 DEC 1857, MS
• DEATH: 5 APR 1961, Crowell, Foard, TX
• BURIAL: Crowell Cem., Crowell, Foard, TX

• MARRIAGE: 11 FEB 1878, Clay Co., MS

1. Infant Boy PORTER
2. Eliza Naomi PORTER
3. Richard Clyde PORTER
4. Mary Lena PORTER
5. Margie May PORTER
6. Sidney Alma PORTER
7. Enoch Alonzo "Lonnie" PORTER
8. Thomas Clarence PORTER
9. Nancy Ethel PORTER

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Eugene EINSWORTH

• BIRTH: 1871, MO

• MARRIAGE: 3 MAY 1899, Bates Co., MO

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Richard H. ELAM

• BIRTH: 23 JAN 1907

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Notes

Marriage to Nola Myrtle DeArman
1969 14 Oct Age: 62     Ward, Texas
Find A Grave:
Richard H. Elam
Birth: 	Jun. 23, 1907
Death: 	Nov. 6, 1973

Burial:
Kermit Cemetery
Kermit, Winkler County, Texas, USA
Plot: Block R Row 1 Lot 4-N

Created by: LADONNA GREER COLLETT
Record added: Jun 20, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71679119

Claude ELDER

• BIRTH: Mar 1898, TX
• DEATH: 1964

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|_Ella CLARK _____|
                  |_Emily Zills WITHERS _

James M. ELDER

• BIRTH: 1873, TX
• DEATH: 1958
• BURIAL: Bellevue Cemetery, Gonzales Co., TX

• MARRIAGE: 11 NOV 1895, Gonzales Co. TX

1. Ora ELDER
2. Claude ELDER

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Notes

Census:
1900 TX Gonzales Co. ED 57 sheet 17B fam 270
James Elder head w m  ?  1873 26 m 4     TX TN TN
Ellen     wife w f Jan 1874 26 m 4 1 1 TX SC TN
Claude    son  w m Mar 1898  2 s       TX TX TX
1910 TX Dewitt Co. ED 44 sheet 18A fam 317
James M. Elder head m w 36 m1 14     TX TX TX
Ella         wife f w 36 m1 14 2 1 TX AL MS
Claude J.    son  m w 12 s         TX TX TX
1920 TX DeWitt Co. ED 47 sheet 5 fam 99
James M. Elder head m w 46 m TX US TN
Ella         wife f w 45 m TX MS MS
Claude J.    son  m w 21 s TX TX TX