This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Taws/Edwards Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SY.2ADI/1684 Message Board Post: My grgrgrandfather was Pete Edwards born in Missouri about 1855. He was a teamster in the ElPaso-Teller Co area. Alex Taws signed Pete's death certificate in October 1911 as the informant rather than in an official capacity. I had thought that he was the marshall or police chief at the time. I have recently found an article that indicates that he was removed from office a week prior to my grandfather's death. Since Taws was also a sawyer and a lumberman prior to his work in law enforcement and since he was in Missouri as was my grandfather, and since they are buried next to each other in Fairview Cemetry in Old Colorado City, I am wondering if there is perhaps a family connection. I don't want to overlook the possibility that they were related rather than just friends.