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Peter Edwards 1815 – 1902 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Apr 1815

Birth Location: South Carolina

Death Date: 30 Nov 1902

Death Location: Cleburne Co., Alabama

Father: William Edwards

Mother: Rebecca Clayton

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Gaines

Children(s):

According to available records, Peter Edwards was born in 1815 in South Carolina, the child of William W. Edwards and Rebecca Louisa Elizabeth Clayton. Following those early years, Peter Edwards married Elizabeth Jane Gaines. In the later years of life, Peter Edwards died in 1902 in Cleburne Co., Alabama.

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Parents

William Edwards
1790 – 1854
Birth Location: Chatham, North Carolina, United States
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Rebecca Clayton
1785 – 1854
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Gaines
1815 – 1891
Birth Location: Rabun, Georgia, United States
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 Apr 1815
    Event Place: South Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Nov 1902
    Event Place: Cleburne Co., Alabama

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 1902
    Event Place: Edwardsville, Cleburne, Alabama, United States of America
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