Edmunds Family History / Samuel Calhoun Edmunds
Edmunds Family History
1710-1961
Burial Ground 1.3 Miles S.E. —›
Officers:
Will Tom Edmunds, Pres
Joe F. Edmunds, Vice President
Robert J. Edmunds, Sec & Treas.
Mary Edmunds, Historian
The first record is of John Edmunds, born 1710 Virginia. Will probated Amherst County Va. 1764. He was father of James born 1743 Albermarle County Va. Died 1826 Barren, Ky. Will probated there. He & his wife Sarah Lavender were parents of Alexander born 1763 in Va. He was the first to come to South Carolina with wife Lydia Calhoun in 1790. He died in edgefield 1823. Wife died 1797. They were parents of Samuel Calhoun & Lydia. Samuel C was born 1793 and died 1859 near McCormick. Lydia was born 1796 and died 1847. Samuel C married Polly Bussey. Children: Sarah Lavender - James Alexander - Agnes. His second marriage to Henrietta R. Harris. Children: Frederick Harris - Margaret Ann - John Francis - Henry Clay - Emma - Samuel - Whitefield - Betty. Sam & Whit were killed in Virginia during the Civil War.
Husbands & Wives of
Samuel Calhoun Edmunds'
Children & Their Children
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Sarah L.E. married Patrick S. Rogers. Children: John N - Mary E - Peter A - Samuel B - Patrick A - Savannah E - William M. John & Peter died in Civil War. James A married Martha Barrett. Children: Alex - Eliza - James. Second wife: Lizzie White. Children: George W - Charlie H - Joseph F - John A - Augustus A - Robert N - Fred F - Perry E - Mattie - Wesley J. Frederick H married Mary Jennings. Children: James W - Josephine H - Sarah J - Ella C - Samuel R - Henry C - John T - Thomas W - Georgia M. John F. married Sara Newby. Sons: Sam L & Thomas A. Second wife was Augusta Ann Harris. Childen: Mary J - Martha A - Henrietta - John Z - Luther H - Fannie E - Sallie E - Whitefield F - Will H - James F. Emma E. married W.S. Atchinson. One son: Winnie. Second married Chester Walker. Children: Lewis - Whit - Vince - Sam - John - Lizzie - Lorena.
Committee for Marker
Ernest F. Bentley
Margaret E. Floyd
Warren N. Edmunds
Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 378 and Holiday Road (State Road S-33-7), on the left when traveling west on U.S. 378.
Courtesy hmdb.org
