William Riggs Edwards (1905 - 1968)

Born 6 Jul 1905 in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Died 11 Jun 1968 at age 62 in South Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

William Riggs Edwards was born July 6, 1905 and is the son of Godfrey Edwards and Mary Wolfe. He grew up in Cumberland, Maryland and Scott, West Virginia along with eight siblings; James Theodore Edwards, Godfrey Samuel Edwards Jr, Elsie Marie Edwards, John Oscar Edwards, Ida Louise Edwards, Hazel Beatrice Edwards, Henry Franklin Edwards and Harry Benjamin Edwards.

Bill married Lena B Workman October 11, 1933 and they made their home in South Charleston, West Virginia until his death June 11, 1968 and is buried in Cunningham Memorial Park, Saint Albans, West Virginia.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2XF-TZF : accessed 5 September 2019), King W R Edwards in household of Godfrey S Edwards, Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 549; FHL microfilm 1,374,562.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNK2-3KY : accessed 5 September 2019), King W Edwards in household of Godfrey Edwards, Scott, Putnam, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 110, sheet 2B, line 78, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1966; FHL microfilm 1,821,966.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CK-JZB : 28 July 2019), William R Edwards, South Charleston, Loudon Magisterial District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-92A, sheet 3B, line 64, family 60, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4415.
• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM4L-718 : 7 December 2018), William R. Edwards, 11 Jun 1968; citing Kanawha, West Virginia, County Records, 8856, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,193.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2ZF-7QM : 19 May 2014), William Edwards, Jun 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #138407533 William Riggs Edwards, 1968; Burial, Saint Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States of America, Cunningham Memorial Park

See also:

• William Riggs Edwards FamilySearch