Life History

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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  There is no child in the 1900 census that clearly matches Joe (nickname Dewey).  But in the 1910 census, he is reported as 11 years old.  The closest is Andrew, age 2 in 1900.  Maybe the enumerator heard Dewey ad Andrew.  He appears under his nickname of Dewey in birth 1910 1and 1920.
  
  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
  
  1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, Arkansas, 20 January, Campobello Township, District 82, page 11B, Hse/Fam #138
  Edmonds, Elige Head Rents M W  55 NC NC NC Farmer [b abt 1864]
  Edmonds, Maggie Wife F W  55 NC NC NC [b abt 1864]
  Edmonds, William Son M W  32 NC NC NC [b abt 1887]
  Edmonds, Dewey Son M W  21 NC NC NC [b abt 1898]
  Edmonds, Williard Son M W  17 NC NC NC [b abt 1902]
  Edmonds, Hick Son M W  15 NC NC NC [b abt 1904]
  
  U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
  Joe Wesley Edmonds
  Birth 1 Apr 1898 Madison County, North Carolina
  Residence Flag Pond, Madison County, Tennessee
  Contact Fred Edmondws, Flag Pond, Tennessee, Farmer
  (back)
  5'11" 148 lbs Gray Eyes, Black Hair, LIght Complexion
  Registration  16 February 1942 Mars Hill, North Carolina
  
  Obituary Summary
  Dateline Campobello -- Rev Joe W (Dewey) Edmonds, Age 81, residence Rt 1 [Campobello, Spartanburg Co SC], Thursday [04 Jan 1979] in Mission Memorial Hospital, Asheville.  Retired Minister, native of Mars Hill.  Services Saturday [06 Jan 1979] at Petty Funeral Home by the Rev Furman Jackson; burial in Walnut Hill Baptist Church cemetery.
  No dates are included in this obituary clipping, figured from death record
  --  Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 5 January 1979, page B7, Courtesy of Kelly Jane O
  
  No dates are included in this obituary clipping
  
  --  Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 5 January 1979 [Friday]
  The obituary oddly gives no date of death or birth, nor did the clipping give the date or place or newspaper nmae.  The North Carolina Death Index gives the date of death, from which we can figure the date of funeral and burial.  Note that his death record reports that he was buried out of stete.
  
  North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
  Joe Wesley Edmonds
  Married White Male
  Age 81, Birth 1 Apr 1897 Madison County, North Carolina
  Death 4 Jan 1979 General Hospital, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Burial out of state
  Social Security #250037920

Sources

• 1. Geneanet Messaging
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Madison County, North Carolina
  • 29 June, Upper Laurel Township, District 84, page 11A, Hse/Fam #192
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 22 April, Campobello Township, District 73, page 9B, Hse #159, Fam #161
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, Arkansas
  • 20 January, Campobello Township, District 82, page 11B, Hse/Fam #138
• 5. Obituary of Rev Joe W (Dewey) Edmonds, Campobello
• 6. North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
• 7. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947