Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Marcellus Edwards    
                Born: 1848                  1
                Died: 1919                  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Hanna Elizabeth "Eliza" Garrett   2,3  
                Born: Jan-14-1845          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug-13-1892          in Harrison Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Garrett Cemetery (abandoned), near Wallace, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1920                 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Hamilton "Ham" Edwards      
       Also known as: Ham Edwards 4
                Born: 1863                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  5,6 (see note 2)
                Died: Sep-25-1945          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      in Sycamore Methodist Cemetery, btwn Rt 19 & US 50, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Census: 1920, 1930, 1940     in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1906                 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  6
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  9,10,5
                Wife: Roanna Williams  b. Apr-  -1864  d. Dec-29-1902  
       Also known as: Roenna Williams 11
             Married: Jun-10-1888          in Harrison Co, WV  12
                Wife: Rosa Swiger  b. ca 1881  d. bef Jan 1920  
       Also known as: Rose Swiger 13
             Married: Mar-17-1906          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  14

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Marriage record of son. 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) Marriage record of daughter. 
(5) 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(10) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(11) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. 
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Hamilton Edwards, age 21y 8m, b. & res. in Harrison Co, 
son of Marcellus & Eliza Edwards; and Roanna Williams, 24, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of William & Edith Williams.  
Married Jun 0 1888 in Harrison County. MR p. 206 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=256718&Type=Marriage. 
(13) Death record of husband. 
(14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Ham Edwards, widowed, 39, b. Harrison Co, res. Salem 
Harrison Co, son of Marcellus & Eliza Edwards; and Rosa Swiger, single, 25. b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of (blank).  
Married Mar 17 1906 in Clarksburg. MR p. 260 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=17816&Type=Marriage. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age in 1920 Census would put birth in about 1840.
Note (2) Death record gives birth date as Dec 2 1863, age 81y 9m 23d.  But the 1900
Census shows it as Jan 1863.  "Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County,
WVa" reports birth date on grave marker as 1867.







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