James Edward Edens was born 16 May 1848 in Kanawha Co, VA and died 5 May 1936 in Kanawha Co, WV.

He married Mary Ann Elizabeth Marion 15 July 1887. She was born 4 August 1858 in Peter's Creek, Nicholas Co, VA and died 17 October 1928 in Kanawha Co, WV. She was the daughter of Nathan Shadrack Marion and Martha Ann Cook. Go to the Marion line here.

View a picture of James Edward and Mary Ann Elizabeth Marion Edens here.

View a picture of some of James Edward and Mary Ann Elizabeth's children here.

Picture of Lilly May Edens and John Shelby Basham's daughter with Mary Ann Elizabeth Marion Edens.

Three Edens sisters photo.

 

Their children were:

Ann Florence Edens (1877 - 1912); married William Wyatt Cavender

Henry H. Edens (1879 - 1880)

Minnie Catherine Edens (b. 1880)

Mary Jane Edens (1882 - 1950); married Simon Edgar Newhouse

Laura Matthews Edens (1883 - 1961); married William Andrew Fowler

Luvernie Elizabeth Edens (1885 - ); married William Brown Taylor

Lilly May Edens (b. 1887); married John Shelby Basham

Margaret Ellen Edens (1889 - 1974); married William Venton Copen

Lucy Rachael Edens (1891 - 1935); married Sidney Wilson Whaples

Eliza Goldie Edens (1892 - 1976); married Cornelius T. Martin

Pinnie Hester Edens (1895 - 1945); married Lawrence M. Edens (photo here); Lawrence Martin Edens (1893 - 1968) was the son of John William Edens and Elizabeth Miriam Burdette; children of Pinnie and Lawrence Edens:

(living)

Thelma Odessa Edens (b. 1915); married Ola Taylor

Alberta C. "Bert" Edens (1918 - 1993); married Keith Nash

William Earl "Bill" Edens (1920 - 1993); married Ruth Vance

Lawrence C. "Cotton" Edens (1922 - 1998); married Velma Hughes

(living)

Everett Ralph Edens (1926 - 1999); married Lillian McClane

(living)

James Albert Edens (1897 - 1974); married Rebecca Myrtle Lane (photo here)

 

 

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