Thomas Tony EDMONDS1,2,3,4

11th Dec 18961,2,3,4 - 26th Oct 19843

Life History

11th Dec 1896

Born in Marshall, Madison, North Carolina.1,2,3,4

26th Oct 1984

Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina.3

Unspecified causes, after a long illness, according to his obituary in the Spartanburg Herald

5th Nov 1984

Buried in Lake Bowen Baptist Church Cemetery, Inman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.3

Notes

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Elijah Edmonds married Nancy Magnolia Mitchell.
My grandmother gave me all the names birth dates of her uncles and aunt. I pulled all the information from obituaries, and have copies of a lot of headstones for this generation.
The correct listing of their names is as follows:

William "Billy" Calvin - 21 Nov 1888
Oscar Sheldon - 3 Oct 1891
Rev. Timbert Shroud "TS" 4 May 1892
Manervia - 13 Apr 1895
Thomas Tony ( my Great Grandfather ) 11 Dec 1896
Joe W. "Dewey - 1 Apr 1897
Gurley Roosevelt - 12 Jul 1900
Willard Emery 22 Dec 1902
Hicks A - 15 Feb 1905
-- Suzanne Kennedy, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 August 2015
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South Carolina Delayed Births, 1766-1900
Tom T Edmonds
Birth 11 Dec 1896 Marshall, Madison County , North Carolina
Father Elijah L Edmonds
Mother Nancy Mary Mitchell
Source was a family Bible
No date of issue on the document

Elijah G, reported as born in 1896 and age 3 in 1900, does not appear in the family list of names or later censuses. But the Dec 1896 birth date matches Thomas Tony in the family list.

1900 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina, 29 June, Upper Laurel Township, District 84, page 11A, Hse/Fam #192
Edmonds, Elijah L Head W M May 1865 35 Married 12 years NC NC NC Farmer Rents
Edmonds, Nancy Wife W M March 1865 35 Married 12 years 7 child/7 living NC NC NC
Edmonds, William Son W M Nov 1888 11 Single NC NC NC
Edmonds, Oscar Son W M Oct 1890 9 Single NC NC NC
Edmonds, Stuart Son W M May 1892 8 Single NC NC NC
Edmonds, George W Son W M Nov 1893 6 Single NC NC NC
Edmonds, Mary Dau W F Apr 1895 5 Single NC NC NC
Edmonds, Elijah G Son W M Dec 1896 3 Single NC NC NC
Edmonds, Andrew Son W M Apr 1898 2 Single NC NC NC

1910 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 22 April, Campobello Township, District 73, page 9B, Hse #159, Fam #161
Edmonds, E L Head M W 44 Married 23 yrs TN TN TN Farmer Rents [b abt 1866]
Edmonds, Magnolia Wife F W 45 Married 23 yrs 4 10 children/10 living TN TN TN
Edmonds, William M Son M W 20 Single NC TN TN Farm Laborer
Edmonds, Oscar I Son M W 18 Single NC TN TN Farm Laborer
Edmonds, Timbert I Son M W 16 Single NC TN TN Farm Laborer
Edmonds, George W Son M W 14 Single NC TN TN Farm Laborer
Edmonds, Minerva M Dau F W 13 Single NC TN TN
Edmonds, Thomas T Son M W 12 Single NC TN TN Farm Laborer
Edmonds, Dewey J Son M W 11 Single NC TN TN Farm Laborer
Edmonds, Gurley R Son M W 8 Single NC TN TN Farm Laborer
Edmonds, Willard E Son M W 6 Single NC TN TN Farm Laborer
Edmonds, Heaps A Son M W 5 Single NC TN TN Farm Laborer

Edmonds, Thomas T[ony]
Age 88 [born abt 1895]
Residence Rt 1, Spartanburg
husband of Eulia Owens Edmonds
Died Saturday [26 Oct 1984] at Spartanburg General Hospital after a long illness.
Native of Madison County NC
son of the late Elijah and Maggie Mitchell Edimonds
Services Monday [5 Nov 1984] at Rock Hill Baptist Church, Revs Harold Wilson, Belton Lawes officiating
Burial in the church cemetery, by Seawright Funeral Home.
-- Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 2 November 1984 [Friday], p D2

Sources

1. 1900 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina
- 29 June, Upper Laurel Township, District 84, page 11A, Hse/Fam #192
2. 1910 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
- 22 April, Campobello Township, District 73, page 9B, Hse #159, Fam #161
3. Obituary of Thomas Tony Edmonds, Spartanburg, 1984
4. South Carolina Delayed Births, 1766-1900