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Mary Eliza Plumb Edwards

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Birth	:	20 Sep 1852 Delaware County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	20 Dec 1926 Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.4202995, -96.2055969
Plot	:	Section 16 - Lot 16 - Space 2
Description	:	Daughter of Hannah Maria Bierce and David P. Plumb. Married to Perry Edwards on 24 Dec 1872. ******************************************* The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 23 Dec 1926, Thursday MRS. PERRY EDWARDS DEAD Mrs. Perry Edwards, one of the old settlers of Lyon county, died Monday afternoon at her home in the Rinker neighborhood, northeast of Emporia. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in the First Methodist Church. Rev. C. L. Hovgard, pastor of the church, will conduct the services. Brief services will be held at the home at 9:30 o'clock. Interment will be made in Maplewood cemetery. ******************************************* The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 30 Dec 1926,... Read More	Daughter of Hannah Maria Bierce and David P. Plumb. Married to Perry Edwards on 24 Dec 1872. ******************************************* The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 23 Dec 1926, Thursday MRS. PERRY EDWARDS DEAD Mrs. Perry Edwards, one of the old settlers of Lyon county, died Monday afternoon at her home in the Rinker neighborhood, northeast of Emporia. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in the First Methodist Church. Rev. C. L. Hovgard, pastor of the church, will conduct the services. Brief services will be held at the home at 9:30 o'clock. Interment will be made in Maplewood cemetery. ******************************************* The Emporia Weekly Gazette, 30 Dec 1926, Thursday MRS. PERRY EDWARDS Mrs. Edwards is survived by her husband, four children, Mabel H., who lived with her mother and father near Emporia; Lewis S., of Oswego; Mrs. A. H. Leidgh, of Lubbock, Texas, and Ralph, who lives in the Rinker neighborhood. Mrs. Edwards also is survived by one brother, George Plumb, of Emporia, who with Mrs. Plumb is in Montana and Oregon visiting with a son and daughter, eight grandchildren also are living. Mary Eliza Plumb was born in Marysville, Ohio, September 20, 1852, and came to Kansas at the age of 4 years with her father, David Plumb, and family. This Ohio family settled two miles east of Rinker on Plumb creek and later moved to the farm where the Edwards made their home. While a girl Mrs. Edwards attended the neighborhood school, and the Normal school. On December 24, 1872, she was married to Perry Edwards and together they went to housekeeping one-half mile north of the David Plumb farm, which they bought 5 years later. Mr. Edwards planted a group of elm trees which have grown and given the farm its name. The house on the farm was built in 1879. Into the life of the Rinker neighborhood the Edwards have builded their life and friendliness. Mrs. Edwards was first to call on a new family in the community. She was untiring in visiting the sick and shut-ins--a neighbor in the truest sense of the word. Charter member and first president of the Rinker Community club, she kept to the last her interest in this organization and in the association of rural clubs. She had been a member of the Methodist church since her girlhood and during the years regular services were held at Rinker, she was the leader, working in the Sunday school after the charge was abandoned. The distribution and collection of books lent from the Kansas traveling library was a self-imposed task for community betterment Mrs. Edwards assumed. Four years ago Mr. and Mrs. Edwards celebrated the golden anniversary of their weeding. It was a 2-days observance and left nothing to be desired in completeness and beauty, with all the relatives present. From the Gazette story of the fiftieth anniversary is this clipping which shows the pioneer spirit of Mr. and Mrs. Edwards: The Edwards home for many years was a haven for travelers passing through that section of the country, a wayside inn from which no one was ever turned away. Neighbors who felt they could not accommodate movers in prairie schooners, or men driving cattle or horses, or preachers or county superintendents or booksellers or fruit tree agents or peddlers of all various sorts who used to "make" the farming communities on foot, or horseback, driving a cart or top buggy, always sent these wayfarers to the Edwards house. "Just go up this road a half mile" or a mile as the distance might be, "and you'll come to the Edwards place. It's a white house on the west side of the road and you can't miss it. They always keep travelers. I've lived in the neighborhood 20 years and I never knew them to turn anyone away, a neighbor would aver, and always the traveler found shelter and food for man and beast, and a hearty welcome to the best the home afforded. Perry Edwards grew up on an Ohio farm and enlisted in the service of the Union army in the Civil war, August 13, 1862, at Circleville, Ohio, Company H, Ninetieth Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded in the battle of Nashville and discharged May 30 [?}, 1865. Of late years, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards had "retired"--not by moving into town," away from their beloved neighborhood, but by giving over the work and management of the farm to their son, Ralph Edwards, who lives only a few rods from their home. Both had worked in the yard and garden, keeping interest alive and hearts young. Miss Mabel Edwards, who lives at home, drives in to Emporia to her work and goes home each night. FUNERAL OF MRS. PERRY EDWARDS Funeral services for Mrs. Perry Edwards, who died Monday afternoon at her home in the Rinker neighborhood, were held Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock at the home, and at 10 o'clock in the First Methodist church. Rev. C. L. Hovgard, pastor of the church, conducted the services. Mrs. W. W. Parker sang a solo at the home, and Mrs. Parker and E. J. Lewis sang at the church. The pallbearers were: W. L. Huggins, ?. D. Long, Thomas Marx, Thomas Howell, H. W. Fisher and J. M. Bishop. Interment was made in Maplewood cemetery.

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Mary Eliza Plumb Edwards's memorial is located at: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA.
When did Mary Eliza Plumb Edwards death?
Mary Eliza Plumb Edwards death on 20 Dec 1926 in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.4202995
Longitude: -96.2055969

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Perry Edwards

(1838 - 1931)

Siblings

Arthur Winslow Plumb

(1850 - 1912)

Children

Mabel Hannah Edwards

(1874 - 1969)

Ralph Waldo Edwards

(1887 - 1929)

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