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Jacob Shelby Edwards 1835 – 1903 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Jul 1835

Birth Location: Roane, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 28 Feb 1903

Death Location: Red Star, Madison, Arkansas, USA

Father: John Edwards

Mother: Clara Grubb

Spouse(s): Olivia Stanberry

Children(s): Nancy Edwards

Jacob Shelby Edwards was born in 1835 in Roane, Tennessee, United States, the child of John Edwards and Clara Grubb. Jacob Shelby Edwards married Olivia Jane Stanberry, and had children including Nancy A Edwards. Jacob Shelby Edwards passed away in 1903 in Red Star, Madison, Arkansas, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Shelby Edwards was born in 1835 in Roane, Tennessee, United States, the child of John Edwards and Clara Grubb.
  • Jacob Shelby Edwards married Olivia Jane Stanberry, and had children including Nancy A Edwards.
  • Jacob Shelby Edwards passed away in 1903 in Red Star, Madison, Arkansas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Edwards
1801 – 1863
Birth Location: ,Orange,North Carolina,USA
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Clara Grubb
1808 – 1878
Birth Location: Knox, Kentucky, United States
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Spouses(s)

Olivia Stanberry
1833 – 1908
Birth Location: Whitley, Kentucky, USA
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Children(s)

Nancy Edwards
1861 – 1914
Birth Location: Whitley, Kentucky, USA
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Jacob Edwards's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Edwards
1835 – 1903
Birth Place: Roane, Tennessee, United States
Parents
John Edwards
1801 – 1863
,Orange,North Carolina,USA
Clara Grubb
1808 – 1878
Knox, Kentucky, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Edwards's Descendants

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Jacob (Shelby) Edwards (4 Jul 1835 – 28 Feb 1903) m. Olivia (Jane) Stanberry (8 Mar 1833 – 17 Aug 1908)
  1. 1. Nancy (A) Edwards (5 Apr 1861 – 1914-12-07) m. Hiram (Henderson) McFarland (Sep 1854 – 31 Mar 1936)
    1. 1. Debie (Alice) McFarlane (18 October 1881 – 3 May 1958) m. Joseph (Morgan) Sexton (11 May 1884 – 24 December 1960)
      1. 1. Alton (Buck) Sexton (12 Jul 1908 – 12 Sep 1993) m. Juanita (Pearl) Todd (6 Oct 1913 – 23 Jul 1999)
        1. 1. Lillie (Mae) Sexton (21 Aug 1930 – 16 Apr 2018) m. Cecil (Preston) Rogers (28 Mar 1929 – 30 May 1990)
        2. 2. Lawrence (B) Sexton (19 Feb 1932 – 10 February 2006)
        3. 3. Millie (Marie) Sexton (1934 – 2004)
        4. 4. Glenda Sexton (1938 – 21 Feb 2016)
        5. 5. Orville (Dean) Sexton (2 Dec 1939 – 4 May 2010) m. Delores
      2. 2. William (Henderson) Sexton (abt 1912 – 30 May 1990) m. Omie (Esther) Speck (6 Jul 1915 – 19 Mar 2011)
        1. 1. Billy (Ray) Sexton (13 Mar 1939 – 20 Mar 2006) m. Owana Banks (18 Oct 1940 – )
        2. 2. Bobby (Wayne) Sexton (9 Jul 1943 – 14 Aug 2000) m. Diana Fisher
      3. 3. Herbert (Woodrow) Sexton (15 Jan 1913 – 21 Nov 1988) m. Virginia Stovall (abt 1911 – 7 Feb 2007) m. Jananita Sexton (abt 1914 – )
        1. 1. James (Woodrow) Sexton (08 Nov 1939 – 23 Jan 1997)
        2. 2. Lois (Ann) Sexton (22 November 1943 – 5 May 2021)
        3. 3. Floyd Sexton (10 Jul 1948 – 10 May 2008)
    2. 2. Jacob (H) Mcfarland (Jun 1884 – )
    3. 3. Louisa (J) Mcfarland (Aug 1886 – )
    4. 4. Stella (M) Mcfarland (May 1889 – )
    5. 5. Cordelia (S) Mcfarland (Feb 1892 – )
    6. 6. Fanny (M) Mcfarland (Jun 1895 – )
      1. 1. Everett (Olen) Ingle (03-24-1935 – 12-21-1992)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Ingle
    7. 7. John (Wesley) McFarland (16 Jan 1898 – 16 Jul 1974) m. Minnie (Belle Whitmire) ** (30 Apr 1897 – 9 Mar 1974)
      1. 1. Audrey (Bernice) McFarland** (22 Nov 1920 – 1 Aug 2008) m. Robert (Henry) DuBois (30 Mar 1909 – 30 Aug 1970)
        1. 1. Reba (Maxine DuBois) (Chennault) (26 Jan 1940 – )
        2. 2. Raymond DuBois
      2. 2. Orville (Ray) McFarland** (22 Apr 1923 – 7 Nov 2000)
    8. 8. Edna (M) Mcfarland (Mar 1900 – )
      1. 1. Edith (Cleo) Whitmire (23 Feb 1927 – 27 Apr 1990)
        1. 1. Wavley (Mark) Groves (2 Dec 1950 – 1 May 2015)

Jacob Edwards's Timeline

3 Records

1835
4 Jul 1835
Birth of Jacob Shelby Edwards in Roane, Tennessee, United States
Roane, Tennessee, United States
1857
1857-12-17
Age 22
Jacob Shelby Edwards was married in Whitley, Kentucky, USA
Whitley, Kentucky, USA
1903
28 Feb 1903
Age 68
Death of Jacob Shelby Edwards in Red Star, Madison, Arkansas, USA
Red Star, Madison, Arkansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Jul 1835
    Event Place: Roane, Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1857-12-17
    Event Place: Whitley, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Feb 1903
    Event Place: Red Star, Madison, Arkansas, USA
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