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Edwards Cemetery ~ John H. Edwards ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Edwards, John H.
LAST NAME: Edwards FIRST NAME: John MIDDLE NAME: H. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 7 Sep 1869 DIED: 26 Apr 1919 BURIED: 28 Apr 1919 (Edwards Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Philomath, Benton Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
Name of father Joseph Edwards
Maiden name of mother Missouri Ritner
1870 OR CENSUS - John Edwards, age 1, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Jos., age 40, occupation farmer, b. Michigan, and Missouri, age 27, b. Missouri, along with Charles, age 15, b. Oregon, William, age 12, b. Oregon, Martha, age 11, b. Oregon, Esther, age 8, b. Oregon, and Richard, age 4, b. Oregon.
1900 OR CENSUS - John Edwards, age 31, occupation farmer, b. Sep 1868 in Oregon, is enumerated with his wife of 4 years, Rosie, age 28, mother of 2, b. May 1872 in Missouri, along with Sadie, age 2, b. Jul 1897 in Oregon, and John J., age 1, b Aug 1898 in Oregon.
1910 OR CENSUS - John Edwards, age 41, occupation farmer, b. Oregon, is enumerated with his wife of 14 years, Rosie, age 37, mother of 3, b. Missouri, along with Sadie, age 12, b. Oregon, Johnie, age 11, b. Oregon, and Orval, age 4, b. Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - DC and 1900 Census records give year of birth as 1868, marker as 1869.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OSBH DC (Benton County 1919) #48 - John H. Edwards, male, farmer, married (Rosa K.), b. 7 Sep 1868 in Oregon, d. 26 Apr 1919 in Philomath, Oregon, at the age of 50 y's 7 m's 19 d's, name of father Joseph Edwards (b. Michigan), maiden name of mother Missuri [Missouri ] Ruettner [Ritner] (b. Missouri), interment: 28 Apr 1918 Pedee Cemetery [Edwards], undertaker M.S. Booer, informant Mrs. Esther Burch of Albany, Oregon.
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
John H. Edwards
1869 - 1919
SOURCES: 
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Benton County 1919) #48
1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Luckiamute, FA #622) 
1900 OR CENSUS (Benton Co., Kings Valley, ED 3, sheet 9B)
1910 OR CENSUS (Benton Co., Philomath, ED 10, sheet 8B)
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