George T. Edwards

Birth Date

1816-05-03

Death Date

1895-05-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Russellville, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Connelly Edwards. Married to Mariah L. Allison Edwards in Logan County on December 24, 1862. Father of Presley Edwards, Lucretia Edwards, Mary P. Edwards, Caroline C. Edwards, George B. Edwards, James C. Edwards. Owned eight enslaved persons in Russell County in 1850. Admitted to the bar in 1855. Attorney in Russellville in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 116.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, Film #000364552, p.7-8.
The Kentucky Law Reporter: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to the ..., Volume 4 (Frankfort: Geo A. Lewis, 1883), p. 174-175.
Find A Grave, "George T. Edwards (July 30, 1818-May 3, 1895)," Memorial #93631224, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93631224 (accessed September 21, 2018).

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