John F. EDMONDSON c1808-1863, ?Md to Ohio to St. Louis, house carpenter, on 1840, 1850, 1860 census; exempt from military service in 1863; not related to Wm Edmondson, the tailor, who was born in England; first known child born 1835 in Ohio; next child appears to have been born in St. Louis, but there very well could have been travel back and forth on the river highway. He married. Rebecca (unknown) before 1840 census and probably before 1835, maybe in Ohio where child was born. Now one year there is one Albert H. Edmondson, brick layer, in St. Louis; maybe the same Albert H. Edmondson who was a bricklayer in Cincinnati in the 1840s. This Albert H. Edmondson married. in 1833 in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio in 1833. He died in Santa Fe, NM in 1881 and was buried in Richmond, Ind., the family hqrs. He was in New Orleans, La. and in CSA service, but switched sides and was the captain of a river boat on the Mississippi. When Boanerges R. Edmondson d. of violent convulsions in 1866 in St. Louis, Mo., the Mo. Rep. said "Cincinnati and New Orleans papers please copy." That's the only way I'm attempting to tie these two men together. I wonder who was expected to read the obit/death notice in Cincinnati and/or New Orleans. (The papers do not appear to have printed the death notices as I can't find them.) There are gaps in the known births of this family. There's no every two or three years pattern. There were miscarriages or deaths, or something, but they do appear to be in descending order with wide gaps between births, the first known being born in 1835 and the last known being born in 1857, a span of twenty-two years. Rebecca unknown Edmondson was b. c1810 in Va or Ky and was a sick nurse on the 1870 census. In 1870 she was with her "first" son Charles Edward Edmondson, b. 1835, Ohio. Her last and only daughter Emma Edmondson, b. c1857 in ?St. Louis, Mo., appears on one census and one only. There are two other records in Emma--she was in the St. Louis Female Hospital for six weeks before she died of TB in 1884. There is a St. Louis death record for her. She was buried in the potter's field and six weeks before being removed to Bellfountaine Cem. in the grave with her mother. Where is Emma on the 1870 and 1880 U.S. census? She resided on Gamble St. in St. Louis on her hospital entry, but I don't know who the head of household was on Gamble Street. Emma had a niece named for her in Texas about 1900, so we knew that she existed for many years before we found a record of her on the 1860 St. Louis census index/census. Son Richard H. Edmondson was on the 1840 and 1850 St. Louis, Mo., census. He drowned in Lyndall's Pond at age ?14. Sons Charles Edward and Boanerges R. Edmondson joined the all Cherokee Mounted Volunteers under Cherokee General Stand Watie IN OKLAHOMA in 1861, both as privates. Charles E. was promoted to Capt of Ordnance by 1865; and Boanerges (a bibical name) R. was Acting Sgt Mjr in the same Cherokee unit. Charles' CSA packet states that he was "shot through the thigh" in Aberdeen, Miss., but I can't find his unit fighting in that area; so I think the hospital report was filed in the wrong packet. It's strange that these two brothers enlisted in the Cherokee nation where they were possibly the only short, blond haired, light skinned, blue eyed men in service, but they did. Their promotions were possibly related to their city education. They wrote well. Both made the trip home. Now, there's another B.R. Edmondson, who was arrested on the streets of St. Louis, Mo., during the War, for swearing at a Yankee guard of prisoners. Could be same guy on leave. He did make it home; died; and was buried from a Catholic cathedral. Are non-catholics buried from catholic catholic cathedrals w/o being recorded as baptized? Charles Edward Edmondson, b. 1835, Ohio, has not been found since the 1870 census in St. Louis, Mo, with his mother, R. Edmondson, sick nurse, aged 60. He is not the Charles Edmondson who married Jennie Cooke, from Ireland, c1873. I've looked all over the 1880 Soundex for several states, and he's not on any of them rearing children. Maybe he's an old bachelor off somewhere who appears as a laborer after 1900 in the St. Louis city directory. There was a son named Edward Edmondson on the 1850 census, aged 11. But that could be a mistake and actually could have been Edwin Fair Edmondson, b. 1848. St. Louis, Mo., who is left off the 1850 census, but does show on the 1860 census, but is married in Texas on the 1870 census, as well on 1880, 1900, and 1910 census in Waco, Texas, enumerated as Edward Edwinson, b. United States. Father and mother born United States; very informative. Hey, researchers, I'm looking for a John F. EDMONDSON, b. c1808, no later than 1809. I haven't found any John F. Edmondson the correct age; the ones that I've found and others have pointed out to me are mostly younger men. Rebecca (unknown) EDMONDSON was born in 1810, according to death certificate, and he always shows up as two years older than she. He has no death certificate; he just disappears from records I've searched after 1863--military exemptions, city directories, and 1870 census. Edwin Fair EDMONDSON is in St. Louis, Mo. in the household with his mother in 1868. Next he married in June 1870 Marilla HOWELL, five years his elder, the daug of a JP in southern Smith Co., Texas. They had two sons by Dec 31, 1872, Samuel William EDMONDSON and Charles Monte (named for his brother and her brother). They belonged to the Methodist Church (the HOWELLs were Baptists) and those records reveal that Marilla HOWELL Edmondson d. in 1876. Three months later Edwin Fair EDMONDSON married. his first wf's elder sister, twice widowed Mariah Caroline HOWELL Alexander King. They had a daughter Cora Lee EDMONDSON, b. 1877, southern Smith County, Texas. There are many descendants of the three children of Edwin Fair EDMONDSON, who d. 1911, in Waco, Texas, a cook for many years; and he was buried in De Leon, Comanche Co., Texas, where his two sons were reared by the Howell family (a village). Any help appreciated. Thank you for reading. Chan J. Chan EDMONDSON Dallas, Texas edmoski@airmail.net

Chan, Have you ever found a spelling variation of Charles's last name? I found a Charles Edmonston in South Carolina in 1870. Perhaps a spelling variation is keeping you from finding him? Julia Florida/USA CEdmondson wrote: > John F. EDMONDSON c1808-1863, ?Md to Ohio to St. Louis, house carpenter, on > 1840, 1850, 1860 census; exempt from military service in 1863; not related > to Wm Edmondson, the tailor, who was born in England; first known child > born 1835 in Ohio; next child appears to have been born in St. Louis, but > there very well could have been travel back and forth on the river highway. > He married. Rebecca (unknown) before 1840 census and probably before 1835, > maybe in Ohio where child was born. > > Now one year there is one Albert H. Edmondson, brick layer, in St. Louis; > maybe the same Albert H. Edmondson who was a bricklayer in Cincinnati in > the 1840s. This Albert H. Edmondson married. in 1833 in Hamilton, Butler > Co., Ohio in 1833. He died in Santa Fe, NM in 1881 and was buried in > Richmond, Ind., the family hqrs. He was in New Orleans, La. and in CSA > service, but switched sides and was the captain of a river boat on the > Mississippi. When Boanerges R. Edmondson d. of violent convulsions in 1866 > in St. Louis, Mo., the Mo. Rep. said "Cincinnati and New Orleans papers > please copy." That's the only way I'm attempting to tie these two men > together. I wonder who was expected to read the obit/death notice in > Cincinnati and/or New Orleans. (The papers do not appear to have printed > the death notices as I can't find them.) > > There are gaps in the known births of this family. There's no every two or > three years pattern. There were miscarriages or deaths, or something, but > they do appear to be in descending order with wide gaps between births, the > first known being born in 1835 and the last known being born in 1857, a > span of twenty-two years. > > Rebecca unknown Edmondson was b. c1810 in Va or Ky and was a sick nurse on > the 1870 census. In 1870 she was with her "first" son Charles Edward > Edmondson, b. 1835, Ohio. Her last and only daughter Emma Edmondson, b. > c1857 in ?St. Louis, Mo., appears on one census and one only. There are > two other records in Emma--she was in the St. Louis Female Hospital for six > weeks before she died of TB in 1884. There is a St. Louis death record for > her. She was buried in the potter's field and six weeks before being > removed to Bellfountaine Cem. in the grave with her mother. Where is Emma > on the 1870 and 1880 U.S. census? She resided on Gamble St. in St. Louis > on her hospital entry, but I don't know who the head of household was on > Gamble Street. Emma had a niece named for her in Texas about 1900, so we > knew that she existed for many years before we found a record of her on the > 1860 St. Louis census index/census. > > Son Richard H. Edmondson was on the 1840 and 1850 St. Louis, Mo., census. > He drowned in Lyndall's Pond at age ?14. > > Sons Charles Edward and Boanerges R. Edmondson joined the all Cherokee > Mounted Volunteers under Cherokee General Stand Watie IN OKLAHOMA in 1861, > both as privates. Charles E. was promoted to Capt of Ordnance by 1865; and > Boanerges (a bibical name) R. was Acting Sgt Mjr in the same Cherokee unit. > Charles' CSA packet states that he was "shot through the thigh" in > Aberdeen, Miss., but I can't find his unit fighting in that area; so I > think the hospital report was filed in the wrong packet. It's strange that > these two brothers enlisted in the Cherokee nation where they were possibly > the only short, blond haired, light skinned, blue eyed men in service, but > they did. Their promotions were possibly related to their city education. > They wrote well. Both made the trip home. > > Now, there's another B.R. Edmondson, who was arrested on the streets of St. > Louis, Mo., during the War, for swearing at a Yankee guard of prisoners. > Could be same guy on leave. He did make it home; died; and was buried from > a Catholic cathedral. Are non-catholics buried from catholic catholic > cathedrals w/o being recorded as baptized? > > Charles Edward Edmondson, b. 1835, Ohio, has not been found since the 1870 > census in St. Louis, Mo, with his mother, R. Edmondson, sick nurse, aged > 60. He is not the Charles Edmondson who married Jennie Cooke, from > Ireland, c1873. I've looked all over the 1880 Soundex for several states, > and he's not on any of them rearing children. Maybe he's an old bachelor > off somewhere who appears as a laborer after 1900 in the St. Louis city > directory. > > There was a son named Edward Edmondson on the 1850 census, aged 11. But > that could be a mistake and actually could have been Edwin Fair Edmondson, > b. 1848. St. Louis, Mo., who is left off the 1850 census, but does show on > the 1860 census, but is married in Texas on the 1870 census, as well on > 1880, 1900, and 1910 census in Waco, Texas, enumerated as Edward Edwinson, > b. United States. Father and mother born United States; very informative. > > Hey, researchers, I'm looking for a John F. EDMONDSON, b. c1808, no later > than 1809. I haven't found any John F. Edmondson the correct age; the ones > that I've found and others have pointed out to me are mostly younger men. > Rebecca (unknown) EDMONDSON was born in 1810, according to death > certificate, and he always shows up as two years older than she. He has no > death certificate; he just disappears from records I've searched after > 1863--military exemptions, city directories, and 1870 census. > > Edwin Fair EDMONDSON is in St. Louis, Mo. in the household with his mother > in 1868. Next he married in June 1870 Marilla HOWELL, five years his > elder, the daug of a JP in southern Smith Co., Texas. They had two sons by > Dec 31, 1872, Samuel William EDMONDSON and Charles Monte (named for his > brother and her brother). They belonged to the Methodist Church (the > HOWELLs were Baptists) and those records reveal that Marilla HOWELL > Edmondson d. in 1876. Three months later Edwin Fair EDMONDSON married. his > first wf's elder sister, twice widowed Mariah Caroline HOWELL Alexander > King. They had a daughter Cora Lee EDMONDSON, b. 1877, southern Smith > County, Texas. There are many descendants of the three children of Edwin > Fair EDMONDSON, who d. 1911, in Waco, Texas, a cook for many years; and he > was buried in De Leon, Comanche Co., Texas, where his two sons were reared > by the Howell family (a village). > > Any help appreciated. Thank you for reading. > Chan > J. 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