Life History

Notes

• Odell Alonzo Edmonds 10 May 1919.  Was actually the son of Lizze Webb and her first husband who was an Edwards. Odell took the name Edmonds and his descendants are still Edmonds.
  Elijah married Lizzie Webb after the death of "Maggie" in 1922.  They had the following children.
  Harding - 23 May 1923
  Merdia ( son ) Coledge - 14 Jun 1927
  Lizzie Webb had two daughters from her first marriage,
  Pansy Edwards Johnson and Laura Edwards (unsure if she married)
  --  Suzanne Kennedy, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 7 August 2015
  
  1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 14 January, Campobello Township, Enumeration District 82, page 7A, Hse/Fam #113
  Webb, Maryed (?) Head Owns Free & Clear M W 60 Married NC SC NC [b abt 1860]
  Webb, Jullie [Julie?] Wife F W 54 Married NC NC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1865]
  Webb, Wish [Willis? ] W 18 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt Nov 1901]
  Webb, Walter Son M W 16 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt Dec 1903]
  Webb, Joe Son M W 14 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt 1905]
  Ewards [Edwards], Lizzie Dau F W 31 Widow NC NC NC [b abt 1889]
  Ewards [Edwards], Laure [Laura] Dau [Granddau] F W 8 Single NC NC NC [b abt 1911]
  Ewards [Edwards], Tanzy [Pansy] Dau [Granddau] F W 5 Single NC NC NC [b abt 1914]
  Ewards [Edwards], Odell Son [Grandson] M W 9mos Single NC NC NC [b abt March 1919]
  
  The 1920 and 1930 census reports that Pansy and her sister were born in North Carolina.  But her obituary reports that she was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, even stating the orignial town of Fingerville.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 16 April, District 42-18, page 9A, Midnight Rd, Hse #152, Fam #153
  Edmunds, Lidge Head M W 65 Married at age 21 NC NC NC Farmer [abt 1865]
  Edmunds, Elizabeth Wife F W 48 Married at age 18 NC NC NC [abt 1882]
  Edmunds, Laura E Dau F W 18 NC NC NC  [abt 1912]
  Edmunds, Pansy Dau F W 13 NC NC NC [b abt 1917]
  Edmunds, Odell Son M W 11 SC NC NC [b abt 1919]
  Edmunds, Hardin M W 6 SC NC NC [b abt 1904]
  Edmunds, Marti Son M W 2yrs9mos [abt Aug 1927] SC NC NC
  
  Pansy's sister Laura's obit also reported that Laura was born in Spartanburg, but her North Carolina Delayed birth certificate indicates Laura was born in Polk County, North Carolina.  Probably Pansy was too.  It appers their brother Odell was born in Spartanburg County after they moved down there.  However, in the 1920 census, Odell was also reported as born in North Carolina.  Family memory may have remembered the place of residence where they moved as the birth place of Pansy.
  
  One nudge in that direction is perhaps the 1940 census, which reports everyone in the household, including Lizzie, as born in South Carolina.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 24 April, Cherokee Township, District 42-29 Page 12B, Chesnee Rt 1, Hse #190, Rents Farm
  Edmonds, Lizzie Head F W 51 Widow Grade 5 b South Carolina Same house in 1935 [b abt 1889]
  Edmonds, Harty [Harding] Son M W 16 Single Grade 6 b South Carolina same house in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1914]
  Edmonds, May Dau [matches the son Marti/Merdia] F W 12 Grade 5 b South Carolina same house [b abt 1928]
  Edwards, Lila [Laura] Dau F W 29 Single Grade 5 b South Carolina same house Farm Laborer [b abt 1911]
  Edwards, Pansy Dau F W 24 Single Grade 4 South Carolina same house Farm Laborer [b abt 1916]
  - page 13A -
  Edwards, Odel Son M W 20 Single Grade 4 b South Carolina same house in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1914]
  
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  Pansy Edwards Johnson
  Birth Jul. 10, 1914 Fingerville, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  Death Dec. 25, 2009 Inman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  
  Pansy (Edwards) Johnson, 95, of Inman, SC, died Friday, December 25, 2009 at Golden Age Nursing Home.
  
  Born in Fingerville, SC, on July 10, 1914, the daughter of the late William and Lizzie (Webb) Edwards and was the widow of Lee Dennis Johnson.
  
  She was a homemaker and a member of Lake Bowen Baptist Church.
  
  She is survived by a son, Dennis Johnson and his wife Darlene of Startex; two daughters, Wanda Bryant and Nancy Reynolds, both of Inman; nine grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.
  
  She was predeceased by an infant daughter, Evelyn Johnson.
  
  The family received friends Sunday, December 27, 2009 from 3:00-5:00 pm at Seawright Funeral Home.
  
  Funeral services were held at Seawright Funeral Home at 2:00 pm on Monday, December 28, 2009 conducted by Rev. Jim McMakin. Burial followed in Lake Bowen Baptist Church Cemetery.
  
  Seawright Funeral Home, Inman, South Carolina
  
  Parents [Williams Edwards and] Lizzie Webb Edmonds (1888 - 1949)
  
  Spouse Lee Dennis Johnson (1915 - 2008)
  Children:
  Nancy Johnson Reynolds (1949 - 2012)
  Evelyn Johnson (1952 - 1952)
  
  Siblings:
  Laura Edwards (1910 - 1978)
  Odell Alonzo Edmonds (1919 - 1981)
  
  Burial Lake Bowen Baptist Church Cemetery, Inman, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  
  Created by Patricia Jul 23, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #73804659, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73804659
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Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 16 April, District 42-18, page 9A, Midnight Rd, Hse #152, Fam #153
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 24 April, Cherokee Township, District 42-29 Page 12B, Chesnee Rt 1, Hse #190, Rents Farm
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 14 January, Campobello Township, Enumeration District 82, page 7A, Hse/Fam #113
• 5. Geneanet Messaging