Life History

Notes

• Odell Alonzo Edmonds 10 May 1919.  Was actually the son of Lizze Webb and her first husband who was an Edwards. Odell took the name Edmonds and his descendants are still Edmonds.
  Elijah married Lizzie Webb after the death of "Maggie" in 1922.  They had the following children.
  Harding - 23 May 1923
  Merdia ( son ) Coledge - 14 Jun 1927
  Lizzie Webb had two daughters from her first marriage,
  Pansy Edwards Johnson and Laura Edwards ( unsure if she married)
  --  Suzanne Kennedy, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 August 2015
  
  In 1910, the census reported that Elizabeth and William Edwards with their son James T.  Her parents wree enumerated in the same townshp, on page 7B.  This census reports that Lizzie had lost one child before this census.  James does not appear in the 1920 census.  It appears he died in that period of time.  No death record has been found for James or the previous child.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina, 28 April, Ramsay, District 160, Page 10A, Hse #163, Fam #169
  Edwards, William Head M W 26 Married 3 yrs NC NC NC Farmer Rents [b abt 1884]
  Edwards, Elizabeth Wife F W 22 Married 3 yrs 2 Children/1 Living NC TN NC [b abt 1888]
  Edwards, James T Son M W 1yr7mos Single NC NC NC [b abt 1908]
  
  There is a death record for another child who died in 1913 at the age of 2 months.
  
  North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930
  Alice Edwards
  Age 2m 11d
  Birth 11 Sep 1913 Higgins [McDowell County], N C
  Death 27 Nov 1913 Greenscreek Township, Polk, North Carolina
  Burial 28 Nov 1913 Mill Creek, N C
  Father William Edwards
  Mother Lizzie Webb
  
  Bill died about 1919.  Their last child Odell was born in May 1919, and in the 1920 census, Lizzie is reported as a widow, living with her parents just across the border in South Carolina.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 14 January, Campobello Township, District 82, page 7A, Hse/Fam #113
  Webb, Maryed (?) Head Owns Free & Clear M W 60 Married NC SC NC [b abt 1860]
  Webb, Jullie [Julie?] Wife F W 54 Married NC NC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1865]
  Webb, Wilsh M W 18 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt Nov 1901]
  Webb, Walter Son M W 16 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt Dec 1903]
  Webb, Joe Son M W 14 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt 1905]
  Ewards [Edwards], Lizzie Dau F W 31 Widow NC NC NC [b abt 1889]
  Ewards [Edwards], Laure [Laura] Dau [Granddau] F W 8 Single NC NC NC [b abt 1911]
  Ewards [Edwards], Tanzy [Pansy] Dau [Granddau] F W 5 Single NC NC NC [b abt 1914]
  Ewards [Edwards], Odell Son [Grandson] M W 9mos Single NC NC NC [b abt March 1919]

Sources

• 1. North Carolina Marriages
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Yancey County, North Carolina
  • 28 April, Ramsay, District 160, Page 10A, Hse #163, Fam #169
• 3. 1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 14 January, Campobello Township, Enumeration District 82, page 7A, Hse/Fam #113
• 4. Geneanet Messaging
• 5. North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000
• 6. North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930
• 7. 1930 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 16 April, District 42-18, page 9A, Midnight Rd, Hse #152, Fam #153
• 8. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 9. Obituary of Laura Edwards, Inman, South Carolina 1978
• 10. 1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 24 April, Cherokee Township, District 42-29 Page 12B, Chesnee Rt 1, Hse #190, Rents Farm
• 11. North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930
  • North Carolina Death Certificate, Yancey County
• 12. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 13. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 14. North Carolina Deaths, 1979-82
• 15. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
• 16. Obituary of Odell Alonzo Edmonds 1981