James
Leroy
Edwards
Born in Farmers Creek Township, Jackson, Iowa, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Ira Edwards
and Mary Jane (Cockrell) Edwards
Brother of
Mahala (Edwards) Green, Adaline (Edwards) Isbell, Levi John Edwards, Perry Jackson Edwards [half], Eli Rosel Edwards [half] and Emory Tillman Edwards [half]
Husband of
Mary Mariah (Fugate) Edwards
— married
17 Dec 1867 in Otter Creek, Iowa
Descendants 
Father of
Ira Josiah Edwards, Asa Desmond Edwards, Eunice Olive (Edwards) Howell, Francis Manoah Edwards, Anna May (Edwards) Tracy and Mary Pearl (Edwards) Clark
Died
at age 68
in Otter Creek, Jackson, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jun 2019
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Biography
Children:
- (Infant) Edwards (1868–1868)
- Ira Josiah (1868–1943) - m. Emma Jane Bigelow - she died / m. Louisa Dague
- John (1869–1869)
- Charles Austin (1870–1961) - m. Edna Mae Barr
- Dora Eleton (1873–1947) - m. John Oscar Rathbun
- Asa Desmond (1874–1954) - m. Lydia Minerva Dague
- Eunice Olive (1876–1932) - m. Phillip Duell - he died / m. Harmon Washington Howell
- Sarah Elizabeth (1877–1940) - m. John William Johnson (her death certificate)
- Florence Ida (1878–1957) - m. Joseph Eli Book Jr. - divorced / m. Heinrich Albert Weissel
- Francis Manoah (1882–1939) - m. Elsie Mae Point - she died / m. Myrtle Green
- Anna Mae (1883–1904) - m. Basil Tracy
- Mary Pearl (1885–1938) - m. Richard Dexter Clark
- James Monroe (1887–1954) - m. Elda L. Shields
- Bertha Ellen (1892–1959) - m. Edward Jerome Post - (her death certificate)
Sources
Ancestry.com, including
- 1880 Brandon, Jackson, Iowa US Census - married with seven children - occupation: farmer
Find A Grave: Memorial #22383886 - Willison Cemetery in Jackson County, Iowa
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Tom Edwards
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-M253-Z58-Z138, FTDNA kit #636832
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Donna Ferrell :
23andMe, GEDmatch M992571 [compare]
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~1.56%
Phillip Carstensen :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Janice J Johnson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jan63johnson
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