David Edwards (1797-1872) - Find a Grave Memorial

David Edwards

Birth

9 Jun 1797

Virginia, USA

Death

16 Aug 1872 (aged 75)

Henry County, Ohio, USA

Burial

Showman Cemetery

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Only one legible stone in destroyed cemetery; that of David Edwards. On the second side includes: Jesse, John, Euphemia, Sarah, Hannah C., and Infant. "Children of D & C Edwards." On the third side is wife, Cynthianna.

[Photo on memorial is in Texas Cemetery but graves registration card and headstone indicates he is in Showman-Edwards.]

Others from 1850 Henry, Ohio Census
David Edwards M 52 Virginia
Cintha Ann Edwards F 47 Ohio
b. 1827 Alexander Edwards M 23 Ohio
b. 1832 Sanford Edwards M 18 Ohio
b. 1838 Martha Edwards F 12 Ohio
b. 1839 Cintha Ann Edwards F 11 Ohio
b. 1800 Hugh Meek Edwards M 50 Ohio

Name: David Edwards
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 18 Aug 1824
Event Place: Clark, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Cynthia Meek

Possible:
Name: Alexander Edwards
Death Date: Mar 1875
Death Place: Texas, Henry, Ohio
Birth Date: 1827
Texas Cemetery 83967451

Henry County Genealogical Society:
8/16/1872 Texas, Henry Co., OH
6/9/1797 Virginia
Showman Cemetery
Capt. John Thornley's Co.
War of 1812

R.W. Showman
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994
marriage: 15 Nov 1866
Henry, Ohio, United States
spouse: Martha E. Edwards

1880 Henry, Ohio
Self Robert W. Showman M 44 Maryland
Wife Martha Showman F 44 Ohio
Son Blair D. Showman M 12 Ohio
Dau Cynthia C. Showman F 10 Ohio
Dau May Showman F 8 Ohio
Dau Fanny F. Showman F 6 Ohio
Nephew Forest Edwards M 12 Ohio
Niece Lucia Edwards F 10 Ohio
Other Daniel Furman M 15 Ohio

Alexander Edwards
United States, 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War
residence: 1890 Washington, Henry, Ohio, United States
spouse: Emily C Edwards

Alexander Edwards
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994
marriage: 22 Oct 1861 Henry, Ohio, United States
spouse: Emeline Clark

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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, 1888
(abstracted from History of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich)

"At the time of the organization of the township there were but eleven voters and their names may be recorded among the pioneers. ...David Edwards, whose sole surviving representative, Martha, is now married to Robert Showman and now lives upon the old homestead..."
http://www.henrycountyohiogenealogy.org/1991_Sep_Oct.htm
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