Elijah L EDMONDS William Calvin EDMONDS Oscar Sheldon EDMONDS Tembert Shroud EDMONDS George Washington EDMONDS Mary Manervia EDMONDS Thomas Tony EDMONDS Joe Wesley EDMONDS Willard Emery EDMONDS Hicks A EDMONDS Nancy Magnolia MITCHELL Mini tree diagram
Gurley Roosevelt EDMONDS

Gurley Roosevelt EDMONDS1,2,3

12th Jul 19001,2,3 - 9th Jul 19943

Life History

12th Jul 1900

Born in Madison County, North Carolina.1,2,3

9th Jul 1994

Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina.3

11th Jul 1994

Buried in Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery, Spartanburg, 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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    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

    No child matching Gurley is included in the 1920 census of this family.  The next child Williard appears in both.

    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]

    Obituary Summary
    Edmonds, Gurley R, Age 93
    Native of Madison County NC
    Residence 1404 New Cut Rd (Spartanburg)
    Husband of Lizzie Allen Edmonds
    Died 9 July 1994 [Saturday] at Mountain view Nursing Home (Spartanburg)
    Services Monday [11 July 1994] at Fairview Baptist Church by the Rev W K Metters
    Burial in the church cemetery
    --  Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 10 July 1994 [Sunday], p B2, Courtesy of Kelly Jane O

Sources

  • 1. Geneanet Messaging
  • 2. 1910 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
    • 22 April, Campobello Township, District 73, page 9B, Hse #159, Fam #161
  • 3. Obituary of Gurley R Edmonds, Spartanburg, July 1994

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