AR Family Group Sheet for John R. EDMON Family ************************************************** Copyright © All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html ************************************************** Submitted by: Christine YOUNG-CRATE Email address: Husband: John R. EDMON Birthdate: January 22, 1851 Birthplace: England?(from family history) (1880 Cass Co, TX census=Tennessee) Death date: July 3, 1893 Place of death: Texarkana, Miller Co, Arkansas Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Texarkana, AR Father: UNKNOWN Mother: UNKNOWN Marriage date: August 9, 1874 Marriage place: Dunklin Co, Missouri Wife: Martha Allen COFFEE Birthdate: January 3, 1853 Birthplace: Tahlequah, IT,Cherokee Co, Oklahoma (1880 Cass Co, TX census=Kentucky) Death date: March 1932 Place of death: Texarkana, Miller Co, Arkansas Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Texarkana, AR Father: UNKNOWN Mother: UNKNOWN CHILDREN Child No. 1: Susan Ann EDMON Sex: F Birthdate: May 17, 1875 Birthplace: Tennessee Death date: October 31, 1884 Place of death: Unknown Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: George Anderson EDMON Sex: M Birthdate: July 15, 1878 Birthplace: Texas Death date: December 2, 1884 Place of death: Unknown Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: William Robert EDMON Sex: M Birthdate: September 28, 1880 Birthplace: Unknown Death date: May 1956 Place of death: Texarkana, Miller Co, Arkansas Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Texarkana, AR Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: Texarkana, Miller Co, Arkansas Spouse's name: #1)Vashti UNKNOWN/#2)Unknown LENNOX Child No. 4: James Richard EDMON Sex: M Birthdate: August 18, 1883 Birthplace: Unknown Death date: Unknown Place of death: Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana Marriage date: About 1904 Marriage place: Arkansas Spouse's name: Leona Caston Child No. 5: Gracie Lee EDMON Sex: F Birthdate: March 2, 1886 Birthplace: Unknown Death date: January 16, 1961 Place of death: Texarkana, Miller Co, Arkansas Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Texarkana, AR Marriage date: October 11, 1903 Marriage place: Texarkana, Bowie Co, Texas Spouse's name: Frank Benton YOUNG Child No. 6: Ida May EDMON Sex: F Birthdate: February 26, 1889 Birthplace: Unknown Death date: February 11, 1926 Place of death: Texarkana, Miller Co, Arkansas Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Texarkana, AR Marriage date: Unknown Marriage place: Unknown Spouse's name: Unknown THOMPSON Child No. 7: John Allen Morris EDMON Sex: M Birthdate: April 30, 1890 Birthplace: Texarkana, Miller Co, Arkansas Death date: November 5, 1918 Place of death: Texarkana, Miller Co, Arkansas Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: Gracie Lee's Bible and living with these family members, Miller County AR and Bowie County TX marriage, birth and death records. Frank B. YOUNG was a Spanish-American War veteran and John M. EDMON was a WWI veteran. Both died in the Great Influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. CONTRADICTION: Family tradition says Martha Allen Coffee was "full=blood Cherokee, born on the reservation at Tahlequah" (at that time Indian Territory, now Oklahoma). And that John Edmon was "the English gentleman, who came down from Missouri and they went back to Missouri and married. The 1880 Federal Census shows the two of them in Cass County TX with Susan, age 5, and George, age 2 (which is an exact fit with all the family lore). HOWEVER: It shows that John was born in Tennessee, both his parents born in Pennsylvania, and Martha and both parents born in Kentucky. I have found one "cousin" who is a granddaughter of George W. Edmon. George W. had a brother, John R. with all the same information as my John R. If anyone knows any additional information on any of these family members, please let us know. We would be very appreciative.