My Genealogy Hound

P. B. Edmonds, one of the leading farmers and tanners of Gibson County, Tenn., is a son of James and Isabella (Walker) Edmonds. The father was probably born in South Carolina, and when a young man went to Kentucky, where he married. He lived for some time in Missouri and Illinois, and finally, in 1825, settled in Obion County, Tenn., where he spent the remainder of his days. Their family consisted of eight children, two of whom are now living. The father was a hatter by trade, but the greater part of his life was spent in farming. He died about 1828. His widow married John Morgan, and died in 1874. Our subject is of Scotch descent, and was born on the 11th of January, 1818, in all probability in Kentucky. He had very meagre opportunities for acquiring an education, owing to the undeveloped condition of the schools. He began to battle his own way in the world at the age of twenty, and for about two years worked at the painter’s trade. He was a Whig previous to the war, and has since been a Republican. He has held the office of magistrate for about fourteen years, and has filled that position very satisfactorily. In 1848 he married Martha H. Hartsfield, who died in 1854, leaving one daughter and one son. The following year Mr. Edmonds married Angeline Crowder, by whom he had five sons and five daughters. His first wife was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and his present wife is a Methodist.