Augustus Daniel Edwards
Full Name: Augustus Daniel EdwardsDate of birth: September 1, 1829
Date of death: March 25, 1882
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 4 | Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 | 14th (1) | Democrat | Rockwall / Rockwall | Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt |
(1) Rockwall was part of Kaufman County until 1873. ROCKWALL, TX (ROCKWALL COUNTY). "In the late 1840s members of the Boydstun family of Illinois settled on a 572-acre tract of land near the East Fork of the Trinity River; they were the first Anglo-Americans to arrive in the area, which at that time was part of Kaufman County . . . In 1873 the state legislature established Rockwall County from part of Kaufman County, and Rockwall became the county seat. The town was incorporated in 1874." Handbook of Texas Online.
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House District 4
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 Legislatures: 14th (1) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Rockwall / Rockwall Counties in district: Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rockwall, Van Zandt |
(1) Rockwall was part of Kaufman County until 1873. ROCKWALL, TX (ROCKWALL COUNTY). "In the late 1840s members of the Boydstun family of Illinois settled on a 572-acre tract of land near the East Fork of the Trinity River; they were the first Anglo-Americans to arrive in the area, which at that time was part of Kaufman County . . . In 1873 the state legislature established Rockwall County from part of Kaufman County, and Rockwall became the county seat. The town was incorporated in 1874." Handbook of Texas Online.
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Military Service Notes
- Augustus Daniel Edwards, Texas, Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 21st Texas Cavalry Regiment; Captain, A.I.G., 2nd Brigade, Texas State Troops, present April 1864, from Grimes County. FamilySearch United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865.
- "Captain A.D. Edwards, now of Terrell, Texas." Biographical sketch of Colonel John H. Broocks, p. 153. Rose, Victor M. Ross' Texas Brigade : being a narrative of events connected with its service in the late war between the states, 1881, Louisville, Kentucky, crediting Dallas Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Other Resources
- Augustus Daniel Edwards, birth date 9/1/1829 in Louisiana, death date 3/25/1882 in Terrell, Kaufman County. Edwards Family Tree.
A.D. Edward [A.D. Edwards], born in Louisiana, voter registration 8/6/1867 in Kaufman County. Texas, U.S., Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869. Ancestry.com. - A.D. Edwards, Rockwall, Rockwall County, merchant, moved to Texas in 1838, age 44, born circa 1830 in Louisiana. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874.
- Census of 1870 - Augustus D. Edwards, Kaufman, Kaufman County, age 36, born circa 1834 in Louisiana, merchant, living in household with Florence R. Edwards, age 34, and children Mary E., Ada G., and Augustus S. Edwards.
Census of 1880 - Augustus Edwards, Terrell, Kaufman County, druggist, wife Kate Edwards and daughters Emma E., Ada, and Summer Gilmore.
No A.D. Edwards in Rockwall County in 1870 or 1880 Census. FamilySearch. 1870 1880 - A.D. Edwards, birth date 9/1/1829, death date 3/25/1882, burial in Oakland Memorial Park, Terrell, Kaufman County. Find a Grave.
- Augustus Daniel Edwards, son of Augustus Edwards and Patsey Roberts, Captain in the Confederate Army, married Florence Rosalie Simpson of Nacogdoches, children Mary Emma, Gertrude and Summerfield G. Edwards. Ancestral Study of Four Families: Roberts, Griffith, Cartwright, Simpson, by Emily Griffith Roberts, Terrell, Texas, 1939, pp. 29, 545. Google Books.
- Death notice, Captain A.D. Edwards, "Terrell," The Dallas Daily Herald, 3/28/1882, p. 1. Death date Saturday 3/26/1882.
Funeral of Captain A.D. Edwards, "Terrell," The Dallas Weekly Herald, 3/30/1882, p. 5. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). March 28, 1882 March 30, 1882 - Mentioned in W.E. Craddock et al. v. Summerfield Edwards et al., No. 3027, Supreme Court of Texas, 81 Tex. 609, 17 S.W. 228, 10/13/1891. "The property in controversy, a lot in the city of Terrell, was originally the homestead of A.D. Edwards and his first wife Florence Edwards, and was a part of their community estate. Florence Edwards died in the year 1877, having devised her interest to her children. In the year 1880 Edwards intermarried with Mrs. Kate Knight, who is now Mrs. Craddock, one of the appellants in this suit." Supreme Court of Texas.
Photographs
- Photograph. A.D. Edwards, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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