As a special note - thank you so much for the wonderful greetings you have e-mailed. You brighten my day! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11442 SIMPSON CO JOHN TYLER EDWARDS Edwards, Starks. Bradshaw, McClanahan, Halcomb, Witt 11442 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV Battle Perrin Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson Co. JOHN TYLER EDWARDS was born in Simpson County, Ky., July 15, 1857, and is the eldest of three living children born to John W. and Malvenia (Starks) Edwards, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, and the latter of Robertson County, Tenn. Both were of English descent. When some three years old, in 1826, John W. Edwards removed with his parents from Virginia to Robertson County, Ky., where he is still successfully and extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married in Robertson County, Tenn. For many years he was a lieutenant in the State militia. His father, Jeremiah Edwards, paternal grandfather of our subject, was a veteran of the war of 1812. Mrs. Malvina Edwards departed this life September 30, 1884, in her sixtieth year, a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church. John Tyler Edwards received a good common school education in youth, and was employed on his fathers farm until he obtained his majority, after which he bought forty-one acres of wild land near the old homestead, on the waters of Spring Creek, where he has improved the farm on which he now resides, and is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, making the culture of tobacco a specialty. The place is now well improved. He first married, March 5, 1878, Emma E. Bradshaw, a native of Simpson County, Ky., and a daughter of C. B. and Polley A. (McClanahan) Bradshaw. The death of Mrs. Emma E. Edwards occurred January 25, 1879, in her nineteenth year. She was a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church Mr. Edwards next married October 21, 1879, Anna Halcomb, also a native of Simpson County, Ky., born May 1, 1863. She is a daughter of Benjamin F. and America (Witt) Halcomb. Three children have blessed this union: John . (deceased), Virgil T. and Richmond Leslie. Mr. Edwards and wife are members of the Sulphur Springs Missionary Baptist Church. He is also an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, and was formerly a member of the I. O. G. T. In politics he is a Democrat. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx