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Edwards Cemetery ~ Charles L. Edwards
~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Edwards, Charles L.
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| LAST NAME: Edwards
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FIRST NAME: Charles
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MIDDLE NAME: L.
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| GENDER: M
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| BORN: 17 Dec 1855
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DIED: 19 Feb 1895
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BURIED: (Edwards Cemetery)
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| BIRTH PLACE: Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Pedee, Polk Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Name of father Joseph Edwards
Maiden name of mother Missouri Ann Ritner
1870 OR CENSUS - Missouri Edwards, age 27, b. Missouri, is enumerated with Joseph, age 40, occupation farmer, b. Michigan, along with Charles, age 15, b. Oregon, William, age 12, b. Oregon, Martha, age 11, b. Oregon, Esther, age 8, b. Oregon, Richard, age 4, b. Oregon, and John, age 1, b. Oregon.
DISCREPANCY - Marker gives death date of Feb 19 while obit gives Feb 20
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
N/A
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OBITUARY:
Died on the Pedee, near Airlie, Polk county, Ore., Charles Edwards, on Wednesday morning, February 20, 1895. The deceased had been an invalid for several years. He was a young man, and the son of Joseph Edwards, a prominent farmer of the Upper Luckiamute.
Independence Enterprise (Thurs) 21 Feb 1895, 3:5
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INSCRIPTION:
Charles L.
Son of
J. & M.A. Edwards
Born
Dec. 17, 1855
Died
Feb. 19, 1895
Parted friends again may meet
From the toils of nature free,
Crowned with mercy O how sweet
Will eternal friendship be
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SOURCES:
Saucy Survey & Photographs
1870 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Luckiamute, FA #622)
IE 21 Feb 1895, 3:5
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