On 10 Jun 1880, John E Constant, the enumerator for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reported the John B Edwards household in between the James H Clifton and Hugh McGory households.[1] John B Edwards 26 (1854, self, married) he and both parents born in Illinois. Sophia Edwards 25 (1855, wife, married) b. Illinois; both parents born in Virginia. Lurlie Edwards 7m (1879, daughter, single) she and both parents born in Illinois.
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↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-JGC : accessed 19 May 2015), John B Edwards, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 211C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.
Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 November 2020), memorial page for Rhoda Sophia Holland Edwards (25 Jul 1854–21 Jun 1889), Find a Grave Memorial no. 117488142, citing Bailey Cemetery, Mason, Effingham County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by LSB (contributor 46842486) .
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