Born in Henry, Iowa, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Anderson Wallace Mason
and Isabel Jane (Murry) Mason
Sister of
James Nickson Mason [half], William Russel Mason [half], Martha Ann (Mason) Kurtz [half], Mary Jane (Mason) Murray [half], Andrew Jackson Mason [half], Archibald McCracken Mason [half], Leo Owen Mason [half], Cynthia Margaret (Mason) Hostetler [half], Henry Harrison Mason, Charles Anderson Mason, Eliza E Mason, Elizabeth Caroline (Mason) Turner, Hettie Lovena (Mason) Wroth, Samuel Darias Mason and Ida A (Mason) Irwin
Wife of
Noah Edwards
— married
23 Jan 1883 in Henry, Iowa, United States
Mother of
Myrtle Jane (Edwards) Smith, Exie Edwards, Lillie Iona (Edwards) Duke, Martha L (Edwards) Ballard and Homer E Edwards
Died
at age 65
in Jefferson, Greene, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Apr 2018
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Biography
Almeda was born in 1857. She was the daughter of Anderson Mason and Isabel Murry. She passed away in 1923.
Burial
- Find A Grave: Memorial #8220729
- Block 4, Lot 1
- Hillcrest Cemetery, Brighton, Washington, Iowa, United States
Sources
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVV3-6Q62 : 11 July 2016), Almeda Missouria Mason Edwards, 1923; Burial, Brighton, Washington, Iowa, United States of America, Hillcrest Cemetery; citing record ID 8220729, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "Iowa, Death Records, 1921-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Z-B1Z7 : 8 November 2017), Almeda M Edwards, 04 Mar 1923, Jefferson, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #37307, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784533.
- "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJ4B-27Z : 4 November 2017), Noah Edwards and Almeda Mason, 23 Jan 1883, Henry, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 965,932.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M82V-5JK : 13 December 2017), Almeda M Mason in entry for A W Mason, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDVW-7D4 : 12 April 2016), Almeda M Mason in household of Isabel J Mason, Iowa, United States; citing p. 8, family 60, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,894.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9LR-NYY : accessed 24 April 2018), Almeda Edwards in household of Noah Edwards, Brighton Township Brighton city, Washington, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 107, sheet 8A, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,464.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MG92-N54 : accessed 24 April 2018), Almeda M Edwards in household of Noah Edwards, Brighton, Washington, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 119, sheet 10A, family 271, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 427; FHL microfilm 1,374,440.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDML-R3S : accessed 24 April 2018), Almeda Edwards in household of Noah Edwards, Brighton, Washington, Iowa, United States; citing ED 123, sheet 15B, line 57, family 393, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 516; FHL microfilm 1,820,516.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Almeda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Almeda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Almeda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Almeda:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Mary (Richardson) Foley 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member anndroy
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Barbara Foley :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Sarah Mason :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JG5652075 [compare], yourDNAportal SAR5af0f219, FTDNA kit #MK70457
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