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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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T. J. EDWARDS, M. D., was born in Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Ky., September 12, 1847, and is the eldest of four living children born to G. W. and Isabella (Brown) Edwards. G. W. Edwards was born in Marion County, Ky. He has been a merchant for a number of years, and is now living in Falmouth, Ky. He is a son of Josiah Edwards. Mrs. Isabella Edwards was born in La Rue County, Ky., and is a daughter of Nathaniel Brown. T. J. Edwards, when a child, went with his parents to Boyle County, Ky., and remained until 1861; then enlisted in the Confederate Army under Gen. Morgan, Company B, Eighth Kentucky Cavalry. He was captured the same day that Gen. Morgan was, and remained a prisoner nineteen months. After the close of the war, he went to Pendleton County, Ky., and commenced to read medicine. He afterward attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College, and graduated in March, 1870. He next went to Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Ky., and remained one year; then went to Pendleton County, and remained until 1879, moving from there to Covington, Kenton County, where he has since resided. He was married February 2, 1881, to Mollie A. Cummins, of Covington, daughter of Edward Cummins. Four children have blessed this union, of whom two are living: America J. and William C. Mrs. Edwards is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The Doctor is a Democrat politically.
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This family biography is one of 150 biographies included in the Kenton County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7
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