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James Calvin Edwards

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James Calvin Edwards

Birth
New Matamoras, Washington County, Ohio, USA
Death
19 Mar 1940 (aged 76)
Leon, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Mason County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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James Calvin's choice from the division of his father's estate was thirty-five acres of land, located on Plants Run at the headwaters of Ten Mile Creek, where he built a house. On June 11, 1882, he married Amanda Jane Meadows, who was born November 15, 1861, at Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia. At this time, she was residing with her parents, Parris and Sina Woodrum Meadows of Mason County, West Virginia. Several of James and Amanda's children were born at this homestead, but several years later, it was completely destroyed by fire.

Once again, James began to clear another site, located on Plants Run and King's Branch, on the left fork of Ten Mile Creek. He built a large ten room wooden frame house, a large drive-thru barn, a grainery, tool shed, milkhouse, underground cellar with a storage room above, a chickenhouse, and the outhouse. Throughout the years, he acquired and traded for more land, for a total of one hundred sixty acres, much of it being cleared for farming. They had ten children, all of whom were born in the general area of Ten Mile Creek. Two sons, Cecil and Carl, served in the United States Army during World War I.

James was not only a farmer, he worked for several years as a steamshovel operator on the construction of the first river locks on the Kanawha River and the building of the Kanawha & Michigan Railroad to Charleston, eastward toward Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. The family attended Harvey Chapel Christian Adventist Church, where for many years, he taught a Sunday School Class.-Noble F. Connor.
James Calvin's choice from the division of his father's estate was thirty-five acres of land, located on Plants Run at the headwaters of Ten Mile Creek, where he built a house. On June 11, 1882, he married Amanda Jane Meadows, who was born November 15, 1861, at Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia. At this time, she was residing with her parents, Parris and Sina Woodrum Meadows of Mason County, West Virginia. Several of James and Amanda's children were born at this homestead, but several years later, it was completely destroyed by fire.

Once again, James began to clear another site, located on Plants Run and King's Branch, on the left fork of Ten Mile Creek. He built a large ten room wooden frame house, a large drive-thru barn, a grainery, tool shed, milkhouse, underground cellar with a storage room above, a chickenhouse, and the outhouse. Throughout the years, he acquired and traded for more land, for a total of one hundred sixty acres, much of it being cleared for farming. They had ten children, all of whom were born in the general area of Ten Mile Creek. Two sons, Cecil and Carl, served in the United States Army during World War I.

James was not only a farmer, he worked for several years as a steamshovel operator on the construction of the first river locks on the Kanawha River and the building of the Kanawha & Michigan Railroad to Charleston, eastward toward Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. The family attended Harvey Chapel Christian Adventist Church, where for many years, he taught a Sunday School Class.-Noble F. Connor.

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