John
Wesley
Edge
Born in Barbour, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jesse Lorenzo Edge
and Eliza (Cadenhead) Edge
Brother of
Jeremiah Edge [half], Jeremiah Edge, Obediah Edge, James Edge, Phoebe Edge, George Washington Edge, William Edge, Jesse L. Edge and Sarah Jane Edge
Husband of
Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Edge
— married
11 Feb 1863 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Henrietta Edge, Mary Catherine Edge, Nancy Edge, Jane Edge, James Madison Edge, Sarah Elizabeth Edge, John Wesley Edge Jr, Henrietta (Edge) Sowell and Essie Anna May Edge
Died
at age 70
in Walton, Florida, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2010
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Biography
John was born on 11 September 1839 in Georgia. He was the son of Jesse Lorenzo Edge and Eliza (Cadenhead) Edge.[1][2]
John Wesley Edge was born 20 JUN 1841 in Barbour, Alabama.[3],[4]
He might have been the son of Jesse L Edge with whom he is enuemrated in 1850 in Barbour, Alabama.[5]
- Burial:
- Place: Garden Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Okaloosa, Florida
He married 11 FEB 1863[8]
Sources
- ↑ Birth: Abbreviation: (See source comments). Title: <i>(See source comments)</i>. Note: Application for Pension Service in CSA. (accessed before 22 September 2010)
- ↑ Birth: Abbreviation: 1860 Census Of Walton County, FL. Title: <i>1860 Census Of Walton County, FL</i>. Citing: Page: Residence #323 (accessed before 22 September 2010)
- ↑ 1885 Census of Walton County, FL, page 70 a. Note: Shown living with Littleton H. Barks and his family at this time. Birthplace listed as SC, father from AL and mother from GA?
- ↑ Civil War Pension Application
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-66TS-FD7?cc=1401638&wc=95RJ-4W5%3A1031324201%2C1031428501%2C1031428502 : 9 April 2016), Alabama > Barbour > Barbour county > image 222 of 308; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ 1870 U.S. Federal Census of Walton County, Florida, page 813, Res. 360 Euchee Anna Dist
- ↑ Heritage Book of Okaloosa County, Florida, Volume 2 (Clanton, Alabama 35046: Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc., 2008). Page: 153. Note: Regarding this volume: LOC 2003110115, ISBN: 978-0-9798537-3-5
- ↑ Pension Application for Confederate States Army Service
- Abbreviation: Family Bible of George Thomas Edge. Title: <i>Family Bible of George Thomas Edge</i>
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5398105/john-wesley-edge: accessed 27 November 2022), memorial page for John Wesley Edge Sr. (20 Jun 1841–10 May 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5398105, citing Garden of Memories Cemetery, Crestview, Okaloosa County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Terry Edge (contributor 50610692) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
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