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Edwards, Lewis A.
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| LAST NAME: Edwards
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FIRST NAME: Lewis
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MIDDLE NAME: A.
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| BORN: 5 Jul 1876
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DIED: 10 May 1946
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BURIED: 13 May 1946 (Edwards Cemetery)
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| OCCUPATION: Logger; Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Pedee, Polk Co., Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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Name of father Joseph Edwards
Maiden name of mother Missouri Ann Ritner
1900 OR CENSUS - Lewis L. Edwards, age 23, occupation farm laborer, b. Jul 1876 in Oregon, is enumerated with his wife of 2 years, Eva, age 21, b. Jan 1879 in Oregon, and son Samuel, age 1, b. Nov 1898 in Oregon, in the home of his parents Joseph, age 72, occupation farmer, b. Oct 1827 in Michigan, and Missouri, age 60, mother of 13 children 10 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Missouri, along with Henry, age 20, b. Jun 1879 in Oregon, Allen A., age 17, b. Dec 1882 in Oregon, and Lafayette, age 14, b. Jul 1885.
1930 OR CENSUS - Louis [Lewis] A. Edwards, age 52, occupation logger, b. Oregon, is enumerated with Eva, age 51, b. Oregon, along with Samuel, age 30, single, occupation logger, b. Oregon, Zelda, age 20, b. Oregon, Hattie, age 17, b. Oregon, Nettie, age 9, b. Oregon, and Arthur, age 7, b. Oregon.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Marion County 1946) #3566 - Lewis Edwards, male, farmer and saw mill, married (Eva), b. 5 Jul 1876 in Pedee, Oregon, d. 10 May 1946 in Salem, Oregon (Salem General Hospital), at the age of 69 y's 10 m's 5 d's, name of father Joseph Edwards (b. Michigan), maiden name of mother Missouri Ann (b. Missouri), interment: 13 May 1946 Edwards Cemetery, undertaker Henkle & Bollman, informant Eva Edwards of Monmouth, Oregon.
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OBITUARY:
After a lingering illness of a year and a half, Lewis Edwards, 69, of Pedee died Friday in Salem. He was a member of a pioneer family of this area.
Funeral services were held Monday at the Henkle and Bollman chapel with burial following in the Edwards cemetery in Pedee. Mr. Edwards was born on July 5, 1876, at Pedee, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Edwards. He was married to Eva Kinsey at Independence on April 30, 1898.
In 1909 they moved to Stevenson, Wash., where they remained three years before moving back to Pedee. But for the three years, Mr. Edwards lived all of his life in Pedee, operating a sawmill business and farming.
He was a member of Corvallis Camp No 126, Woodmen of the World. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Eva Edwards; five daughters, Mrs. Alta Oleman of Philomath, Mrs. Bertha Ogle of Corvallis, Zelda and Hattie Edwards, both of Monmouth, and Mrs Nettie Graves of Independence; two sons, Sam and Arthur, both of Monmouth; three brothers, Richard of Kalamazoo, Mich, Alvin of Philomath and Lafe of Pedee; two sisters, Mrs. Esther Burch of Albany and Mrs. Sarah Doty of Jefferson. Two children, Henry and Mable Edwards, preceded him in death.
Itemizer Observer (Thurs) 16 May 1946, 5:3
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INSCRIPTION:
Edwards
Lewis
1876 - 1946
[shares marker with Eva]
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SOURCES:
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Marion County 1946) #3566
1900 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Luckiamute, ED 176, sheet 5A)
1930 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Pedee, ED 22, sheet 1B)
IO 16 May 1946, 5:3
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