Wife of John Newman Edwards, who was a Major in Confederate General Joseph Shelby's Iron Brigade, an author (Shelby and his Men, Noted Guerillas), a newspaperman at various papers, several in Missouri, and co-founder of the Kansas City Times. He wrote articles about the James gang, and upon the death of Jesse James wrote "Tear the two bears from the flag of Missouri. Put thereon, in place of them, as more appropriate, a thief blowing out the brains of an unarmed victim, and a brazened harlot, naked to the waist and splashed to the brows in blood." During the Civil War, he was wounded at Hartsville, Helena, and Cape Girardeau. Upon his death in Jefferson City Missouri, a railroad donated a train take to transport the body of Edwards, his wife and daughter, back to the wifes home town of Dover Missouri. John Newman Edwards is buried beside his wife Mary Virginia Edwards in the Dover Cemetery.
Death of Mrs. Jennie Edwards
Mrs. Jennie Edwards, widow of the late John N. Edwards, died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Irwin Donavan, Muskogee, Okla. Mrs. Edwards was born in Dover, and 69 years of age. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Irwin Donavan, Muskogee, Okla.; one sister, Mrs. Spencer Brown, Waverly; five brothers, James S., and Henry W. Plattenburg, West Plaines, Mo., Capt. J.Q., Lexington, Harvey W., Dover, Walter L., Kansas City.
The funeral will be held today at Dover.
Death of Mrs. Jennie Edwards
Mrs. Jennie Edwards, widow of the late John N. Edwards, died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Irwin Donavan, Muskogee, Okla. Mrs. Edwards was born in Dover, and 69 years of age. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Irwin Donavan, Muskogee, Okla.; one sister, Mrs. Spencer Brown, Waverly; five brothers, James S., and Henry W. Plattenburg, West Plaines, Mo., Capt. J.Q., Lexington, Harvey W., Dover, Walter L., Kansas City.
The funeral will be held today at Dover.
Wife of John Newman Edwards, who was a Major in Confederate General Joseph Shelby's Iron Brigade, an author (Shelby and his Men, Noted Guerillas), a newspaperman at various papers, several in Missouri, and co-founder of the Kansas City Times. He wrote articles about the James gang, and upon the death of Jesse James wrote "Tear the two bears from the flag of Missouri. Put thereon, in place of them, as more appropriate, a thief blowing out the brains of an unarmed victim, and a brazened harlot, naked to the waist and splashed to the brows in blood." During the Civil War, he was wounded at Hartsville, Helena, and Cape Girardeau. Upon his death in Jefferson City Missouri, a railroad donated a train take to transport the body of Edwards, his wife and daughter, back to the wifes home town of Dover Missouri. John Newman Edwards is buried beside his wife Mary Virginia Edwards in the Dover Cemetery.
Death of Mrs. Jennie Edwards
Mrs. Jennie Edwards, widow of the late John N. Edwards, died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Irwin Donavan, Muskogee, Okla. Mrs. Edwards was born in Dover, and 69 years of age. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Irwin Donavan, Muskogee, Okla.; one sister, Mrs. Spencer Brown, Waverly; five brothers, James S., and Henry W. Plattenburg, West Plaines, Mo., Capt. J.Q., Lexington, Harvey W., Dover, Walter L., Kansas City.
The funeral will be held today at Dover.
Death of Mrs. Jennie Edwards
Mrs. Jennie Edwards, widow of the late John N. Edwards, died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Irwin Donavan, Muskogee, Okla. Mrs. Edwards was born in Dover, and 69 years of age. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Irwin Donavan, Muskogee, Okla.; one sister, Mrs. Spencer Brown, Waverly; five brothers, James S., and Henry W. Plattenburg, West Plaines, Mo., Capt. J.Q., Lexington, Harvey W., Dover, Walter L., Kansas City.
The funeral will be held today at Dover.
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