Samuel
Edwards
Sr.
Born in Mason County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
Ancestors 
Son of Arthur Edwards II
and Mary (Lewis) Edwards
Brother of
Lewis W. Edwards, Thomas Edwards, Susannah (Edwards) Grim, Morrison Edwards, Jane Edwards, Mahala (Edwards) Moss and David Arthur Edwards
Husband of
Jane (Dye) Edwards
— married
about 1836 [location unknown]
Husband of
Evaline (Richards) Edwards
— married
17 May 1860 in Wirt County, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
Descendants 
Father of
Susan (Edwards) Weaver, Elizabeth (Edwards) Cox, John Edwards, Mahala (Edwards) Robinson, Mary (Edwards) Spratt, George Washington Edwards, Samuel Edwards Jr., Amos Edwards, Elijah Edwards, Amanda J. (Edwards) Smith, Harrison Edwards, Artimisia (Edwards) Sprouse, Arthur Edwards, Rebecca Ann (Edwards) Morehead, Martha Ann (Edwards) Stevens, Thomas J. Edwards, Laura B. (Edwards) Dickey, David Edwards, Fannie (Edwards) McConnell and Charles Edwards
Died
at age 72
in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Feb 2014
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Biography
1840 residence Wood County, VA (now WV); 1850 residence District 70, Wirt County, WV; 1860 residence Wirt County, VA (now WV); 1870 residence Elizabeth Twp., Wirt County, WV; 1880 residence Elizabeth District, Wirt County, WV
He is buried in the Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery aka Palestine Cemetery, Palestine, Wirt County, WV.
Samuel was born in 1816. Samuel Edwards ... He passed away in 1889. [1]
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Sources
Moss-Edwards Bible
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5848394/samuel-edwards
Samuel Edwards-Evaline Richards marriage http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11148428&Type=Marriage
U.S. census returns
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Roy Lockhart, Monday, February 17, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel 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 Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel 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 Samuel:
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~6.25%
Scelia W
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member widmays2011
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~6.25%
Don Brookover :
MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
Roy Lockhart :
23andMe, GEDmatch M533831 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F216962 [compare], FTDNA kit #216962
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~3.12%
Pamela (Craddock) Whited :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pwhited25
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~1.56%
Melissa Roberts :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T434914 [compare], Ancestry member MDR_WV
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Herb Depke :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FN9400 [compare], FTDNA kit #9400N
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~0.78%
Charles Moody :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 1_ccmoody
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~0.78%
Gary Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member garysmith13
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~0.78%
Carl Hanning :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XA9471716 [compare]
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~0.78%
George B Scott :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gb_scott
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Irene (Summers) Nutter :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T538022 [compare], FTDNA kit #324314
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