Pennsylvania Families

Ancestry's U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914

David Edwards, age 18, a farmer
enlisted October 10, 1861, Wilmore, by Captain Williams, born in Bedford County, grey eyes, black hair, fair complexion, 5 feet 8 inches
19th Infantry
discharged a private October 18, 1864, expiration of service, at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/480956:1198?tid=&pid=&queryid=6110d2c2-4eae-4e70-aeb8-2b2ac599b518&_phsrc=bPE3006&_phstart=successSource

 

 

 

1870 Census, Ward 5, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
August 27, 1870

David Edwards, 27, conductor on railroad, $100 personal estate
Maria Edwards, 22,
Gertrude Edwards, 10 months, born in October

All born in Pennsylvania

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3998649:7163

 

1880 Census Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
ED 154, Page 1
June 1, 1880

at 1430 Tenth Avenue
David Edwards, 37, Freight? Conductor
Maria Edwards, 32
Gertrude Edwards, 10, at home
Charles Edwards, 8, at school
James Edwards, 6, at school
William Edwards, 3
Florence Edwards, 1

all born in Pennsylvania, parents also

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/28853843:6742

 

1900 Census Ward 3, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
ED 45, Sheet 14
June 13, 1900
at 1422 Tenth Avenue

David H Edwards, 57, born May 1843, married 34 years, railroad conductor
Marie C Edwards, 51, born July 1848, married 34 years, 11 children, 9 alive, born in Pennsylvania, father in New Jersey, mother in Pennsylvania
Gertrude Edwards, 31, born November 1868, no occupation
James I Edwards, 26, born March 1874, Pennsylvania Railroad, something department
William M Edwards, 23, born August 1876, Pennsylvania Railroad, round house
Florence T Edwards, 21, born December 1878, no occupation
Henry G Edwards, 18, born August 1881, helper in furniture store
Mervine D Edwards, 16, born January 1884, at school
Gilbert N Edwards, 13, born August 1886, at school
Lewis N Edwards, 11, born November 1889, at school

all others born in Pennsylvania, parents also

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/45968668:7602

 

1910 Census Ward 5, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
ED 46, Sheet 4 A
April 18, 1910
at 1814 Twelfth Avenue

David H Edwards, 68, married once, for 44 years, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, no occupation
Marie C Edwards, 61, married once, for 44 years, 10 children, 8 alive, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, no occupation
Gertrude Edwards, 41, single, no occupation
James I Edwards, 36, single, gang foreman, steam railroad
William M Edwards, 33, single, laborer, steam railroad
Henry Y Edwards, 29, single, gang foreman, steam railroad
Gilbert V Edwards, 23 single, wagon driver, department store
Lewis N Edwards, 21, single, shipping clerk, department store

All children born in Pennsylvania

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/24022367:7884

 

Pennsylvania Death Certificate
David Edwards
white, male, married
died Oct 15, 1915, at 1109 18th St, Altoona
born May 28, 1843, PA
age 72y 5m 17d
retired R.R. Conductor
cause: Brights Disease
parents: Unobtainable Edwards and Florinda Ellis, both born in PA
buried: Oak Ridge, Oct 18, 1918
Informant: Mrs D. H. Edwards, 1109 18th St

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1021875:5164

 

Altoona Tribune, October 16, 1915, page 16
Well Known Veteran of Civil War Succumbs to Complication of Diseases
David H Edwards - veteran of the civil war, retired Pennsylvania RR employee
yesterday at his home 1109 Eighteenth St
8 month illness
born Bedford County, May 28, 1843, spent boyhood days there. Served 3 years with company C, 19th Regiment of US regulars.
Came to Altoona in 1865 and has resided here since.
PA Railroad: for a time on the railroad, then in the freight car shop. Retired some 16 years ago. Member of Lieut Pott's post, Number 62, of the GAR, member of the Baptist Church, Union Veteran Legion, Order of Railway Cinductors, and the PA Railroad Relief Association.
Married in Altoona in 1866 to Maria C Hamilton who survives.
Surviving children:
Mervin, of Lansing, MI
Gilbert, of McVeytown
William, of Johnstown
Gertrude, James I, Harry G, and Louis N, all of Altoona
Survived by 2 step sisters: Mrs Ida Walker of Pittsburg, and Mrs Katie Smay of Johnstown
Funeral Monday afternoon at 2 at his home. Burial Oak Ridge Cemetery