Dear Wilmer, Thanks very much for this most interesting information! Count me as first in line for your next publication on this family. I am intrigued to see that Harriett Shanholtzer's mother was also a Hawkins--many of the local families seem to have been so extensively interrelated that I rather despair of working out all the connections; but it is fun trying. Thanks again, Martha Grenzeback graymatters@ibm.net At 18:35 15/06/00 -0400, you wrote: >Martha, > >I did extensive research on the Edwards and Largent families in years past, >but did not publish. Consequently, much of the information is scattered in >various files. Here is an item that was published: > >James Allen Edwards (#4 child listed in your e-mail below) was drafted into >the Confederacy and was killed by ambush in November 1863 while enroute home >to visit his only son, James Allen Edwards Jr, who was born at Slanesville, >WV on Sept. 9, 1863 and died Sept. 23, 1964 in Ross County, Ohio. James Jr. >lived to age 101 and continued to visit relatives in Hampshire County into >his late 90s. James Sr. married Harriett Shanholtzer (1845-1916), daughter >of Philip and Emily (Hawkins) Shanholtzer. Harriett later married Quintus >"Bull" Reed. She is buried on the family farm on Kedron Road, just west of >Slanesville. Source: Shanholtzer History and Allied Family Roots of >Frederick and Hampshire Counties, Virginia, by Wilmer L. Kerns, 1980, pp. >100-101 and 215-216. > >I probably have info. on each sibilng of James A. Edwards plus his >antecedants, but it would require more time than I have available to dig it >out. It is on my agenda to organize and make the information available at >some point in time. > >Wilmer > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gray Matters [mailto:graymatters@ibm.net] >Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 5:33 PM >To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Robert Edwards and Eve Hawkins family > > >By serendipity I have finally found the parents of my g-g-grandfather, John >Wesley Edwards, in a book by Maud Pugh, "Capon Valley, Its Pioneers and >Their Descendants, 1698-1940." This book is not very scholarly, but finally >I have something to follow up! By further serendipity, shortly after >finding this info I was contacted by another Edwards researcher responding >to an old query of mine--she turned out to be the g-g-granddaughter of >John's brother Albert! Now I hope to find out more. Here is what we have: > >Robert Edwards, Sr. (son of William Edwards, who apparently was the son of >the Joseph Edwards who build Edwards Fort near Capon Bridge in WV. I seek >confirmation...) married Eve Hawkins on Nov. 26, 1826, in Hampshire Co. > >Their children: > >1. John W. Edwards, b. 1827, married (March 12, 1855, Allegany Co.) Susan >Fouty (one of 7 daughters of Jacob Fouty and Sarah Bonham). They apparently >lived in the Westernport area until 1882, when they moved to New >Creek/Keyser, WV. Two daughters, Ann Elizabeth and Ida Virginia. (My line, >I have more on all these.) > >2. Anna, "married a Carmichael and moved to some of the western states." > >3. Nancy, m. M. Hare, and moved west. > >4. James, m. Harriot ____, killed in Civil War. One child, James Jr., >lived in Marysville, OH. > >5. Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1831, d. Oct. 27, 1906, m. John W. Ely on Oct. 24, >1850, moved to Iowa (quite a bit more on this family in the book). > >6. Albert, m. Mary Brewer May 21, 1863, in Tazewell Co., IL; d. Nov. 14, >1894, and is buried with his parents, Robert and Eve, at Lacross, Hancock >Co., IL. (Ancestor of my newly discovered fourth-cousin) > >7. George, moved west and nothing known. > >8. Elizabeth, m. Isaac Grapes. > >9. Robert Jr., b. Aug. 18, 1843, d. Aug. 17, 1929; m. Susan R. Funk and >moved to Iowa. More on this family in the book, too. > >10. Jane (in one place she is also referred to as Eliza Jane), m. Peter >Largent. There is supposed to be a sketch of this family in Vol. 2 of Maud >Pugh's book, which I don't have...But this book has quite a lot on their >children. Many Kidwell connections, too. > >If any of this rings a bell with Edwards or Hawkins researchers, I would >love to compare notes! I also don't mind doing lookups in this book, but >you will have to be rather patient, since (1) there is no index! and (2) I >am in the middle of moving from one continent to another...If you are >researching Pughs or Offuts, you might want to consider BUYING this book. > >Thanks and best wishes, > >Martha Grenzeback >graymatters@ibm.net > > >