Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and used with permission of Fred Smoot ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== The Goodspeed Publishing Company, History of Tennessee, 1887 A. W. Edwards, the subject of this sketch, was born in Washington County, Tenn., March 15, 1855. He is the son of SAMUEL E. and MARY (KITZMILLER) EDWARDS, and the grandson of Rev. JOSHUA EDWARDS, a noted Baptist minister in the early settlement of the county. His father was born on Indian Creek, in Sullivan County, Tenn., September 20, 1803, and was a deacon in the Baptist Church for a number of years. The mother was a daughter of DAVID KITZMILLER, and was born in Washington County, Tenn. Our subject is the fifth child, and received a liberal education, at Boone’s Creek Seminary. He was married in 1872 to MARY, a daughter of WILLIAM DUNGAN, of Carter County, Tenn., since deceased. The results of their marriage are two daughters and one son. Our subject is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. His wife was a member of the Methodist Church South. Beginning life without any means, he is now the owner of acres of land, near Bluff City, in Sullivan County, Tenn. ===========================================================================