Life History

Notes

• In 1860, John is living with his mother's sister and her family.  The former Annie Hall is 48, married to William Chambers age 65.  In their household is Annie and Delilah's mother E Hall, also age 65.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 5 Sept, page 321, Hse #2281, Fam #2321
  Wm Chambers 65 M Farmer $800 Real Estate $300 Personal Estate  born South Carolina [born abt 1795]
  A Chambers 48 F North Carolina [born abt 1812]
  Tho Chambers 21 M born Tennessee [born abt 1839]
  M Chambers 19 M born Tennessee [born abt 1841]
  S McGaughey 7 F born Tennessee [born abt 1853]
  John Edmonds 9 M born Tennessee [born abt 1851]
  E Hall 65 F born North Carolina [born abt 1795]
  
  Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  John Edmonds [John P. Edmonds]
  Spouse: Mary Ann Reneau
  Marriage 29 Jan 1868 Jefferson County
  
  1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 27 July, Civil District 3, PO Dandridge, p 15 (scan 340), Hse/Fam #94
  Edmonds, John 19 M W Farmer $0 Real Estate Value $0 Personal Estate b Tennessee Cannot read or write [b abt 1851]
  Edmonds, Mary A 23 F W  Keeps House b Alabama Cannot read or write [born abt 1847]
  
  1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 7 June, Civil District 3, Enumeration District 177, page 13 (scan 505), Hse #105, Fam #119
  Edmons, John  W M 29  Laborer Cannot read or write TN TN TN [born abt 1851]
  Edmons, Mary A  W F 35 Wife Keeping House Cannot write TN TN TN [born abt 1845]
  Edmons, James W M 8 Son TN TN TN [born abt 1872]
  Edmons, Porter C  W M 5 Son TN TN TN [born abt 1875]
  Edmons, Margaret J  W F 3 Son TN TN TN [born abt 1877]
  
  1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 9 June, Civil District 3, Enumeration District 43, page 6B, Hse/Fam #111
  Edmonds, John Head W F Aug 1950 50 No length of Marriage reptd TN TN TN Farmer Laborer Rents
  Edmonds, Mary A  Wife W F July 1843  57 No length of Marriage reptd 7 children/4 children TN TN TN
  Edmonds, Martha M  Dau W F July 1880 20 TN TN TN
  -- page 7A --
  Edmonds, Sarah E Dau W F Sept 1887 12 TN TN TN
  
  Notice that in each census, Mary Ann gains 12 years in age.  In 1900 she is 7 years older than John, while in 1870, she was only 4 years older.
  
  Note also that Martha is reported as born in July 1880, yet age is reported as 20 years old in the June 1900 census.
  
  Death Certificate of John P Edmonds
  Jefferson County, Tennessee Certificate File #337
  John P Edmonds
  Birth Date: "Don't Know," Age 70; Place: Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Death 15 Feb 1919 Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Occupation Farmer
  Father Cam Edmonds, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Maiden name and birthplace of mother: "not known"
  Informant A L Proffit, Dandridge, Tennessee
  Cause of death Hemorrhage of liver (?)
  Burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dandridge [Jefferson County], 28 Feb 1919
  
  John P. Edmonds
  Birth Aug. 28, 1849
  Death Mar. 15, 1919
  Burial Hills Union Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Created by Virgil & DeAnna C. Cooley Mar 31, 2003
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #7313223, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Edmonds&GSiman=1&GScid=13407&GRid=7313223&
  
  Note that his death certificate had no birth address.  There are different dates reported on different sources.  Much information on genealogies is wrong, and much undocumented.  Edmonds researcher Shirley suggests the actual birth date in August 1850, interpolated from various sources.  (See note below.)
  
  John's wife Mary Reneau is reported by some genealogies to also be buried in Hills Union Cemetry, but I cannot find a listing for her.  There is one Mary Edmonds, with no maiden name identified, but there are not dates on the stone, and this does not seem likely to be the right one.  Her date of death in the undocumented genealogies in 1908, 9 years before John.
  
  There is a discrepancy in the reported date of death on John's death certificate and the gravestone.  As noted in the transcriptions above, the Death Certificate reports death on 15 February 1919, while the gravestone says 15 March 1919.  Family researcher Shirley, who has collaborated with me on research on the Edmonds lineage, has made these comments about John's details.  As she notes, I have found confusion in genealogies of Mary Reneau Edmonds with Mary Ann Patterson Reneau
  
  "His death certificate shows February 15, 1919, not March. His father is James Campbell (NOT Cameron) Edmonds and mother appears to be Delila Hall. Father is also seen as Camel in Jefferson court documents. 'Cam' is the father's name shown on DC as it is with his 2 sisters, Edith (m: Wm Henry Strange) and Fanny (not Falby--m: Henry Chambers). John's wife is Mary Ann Reneau (not Mary E.). She is dau of Isaac Reneau and Melissa Newman. The children listed for John and Mary Ann on old LDS IGI files and many trees actually belong to Aaron Leander Reneau and Mary Ann Patterson. Few trees have them correct. His birth is probably Aug 1850 based on all his censuses and a Southern Claims Commission affidavit on behalf of his uncle-by-marriage, Christopher Miller."
  --  Shirley, Comment on Find a Grave, 25 May 2012, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=fls&FLid=52325778&FLgrid=7313223

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #7313223
• 2. Tennessee Certificate of Death
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 7 June, Civil District 3, Enumeration District 177, page 13 (scan 505), Hse #105, Fam #119
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 27 July, Civil District 3, PO Dandridge, p 15 (scan 340), Hse/Fam #94
• 5. 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 9 June, Civil District 3, Enumeration District 43, page 6B, Hse/Fam #111
• 6. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002