EDWARDS, WILLIAM H.
Buried: 9 Apr 1909
Lot 1671 Section 92
When William Henry Edwards was born on March 15, 1822, in Hunter, New York, his father, William, was 25 and his mother, Helen, was 22. He married Katherine Colt Tappan in 1851. They had three children during their marriage. He died on April 2, 1909, in Coalburg, West Virginia, having lived a long life of 87 years."
William Henry Edwards (March 15, 1822 – April 2, 1909) was an American businessman and entomologist. He was an industrial pioneer in the coalfields of West Virginia, opening some of the earliest mines in the southern part of the state. He was also a prominent naturalist specializing in the study of butterflies. He wrote The Butterflies of North America, a three-volume treatise that is highly regarded for its scholarship and the quality of its illustrations.
"In 1846 Edwards traveled to Brazil and journeyed up the Amazon River with his uncle, Armory Edwards. Armory had been the US consul in Buenos Aries and worked in Argentina for the family's leather business. It is possible that the original purpose of their trip was related to family business concerns but for Edwards the focus of this trip became the beauty and untrammeled wilderness he experienced as they explored the huge delta island of Marajo and went upriver from Belem to Manaus."
"Edwards took careful note of his experiences and shortly afterwards wrote a book, A Voyage Up the River Amazon, published in 1847. It is credited with sparking an interest in the region among natural scientists; in particular, Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace read Edward's account and were inspired to make the Amazon the destination for their famous expedition. Eventually, Edwards' book was just the first of several works written by naturalists that recorded the growing interest in the scientific exploration of the Amazon."
Note under tombstone picture: "At Anne Edwards Willis Family plot at Springhill Cemetery, Charleston, W.V."
Children
Edith Katherine Antil Edwards b: 1852
William Seymour Edwards b: 1856
Annie Scott Edwards b: 1858
Also in this lot:
EDWARDS, WILLIAM S.
Buried: 7 July 1930
Lot 1671 Section 92 Grave FLC
Buried: 9 Apr 1909
Lot 1671 Section 92
When William Henry Edwards was born on March 15, 1822, in Hunter, New York, his father, William, was 25 and his mother, Helen, was 22. He married Katherine Colt Tappan in 1851. They had three children during their marriage. He died on April 2, 1909, in Coalburg, West Virginia, having lived a long life of 87 years."
William Henry Edwards (March 15, 1822 – April 2, 1909) was an American businessman and entomologist. He was an industrial pioneer in the coalfields of West Virginia, opening some of the earliest mines in the southern part of the state. He was also a prominent naturalist specializing in the study of butterflies. He wrote The Butterflies of North America, a three-volume treatise that is highly regarded for its scholarship and the quality of its illustrations.
"In 1846 Edwards traveled to Brazil and journeyed up the Amazon River with his uncle, Armory Edwards. Armory had been the US consul in Buenos Aries and worked in Argentina for the family's leather business. It is possible that the original purpose of their trip was related to family business concerns but for Edwards the focus of this trip became the beauty and untrammeled wilderness he experienced as they explored the huge delta island of Marajo and went upriver from Belem to Manaus."
"Edwards took careful note of his experiences and shortly afterwards wrote a book, A Voyage Up the River Amazon, published in 1847. It is credited with sparking an interest in the region among natural scientists; in particular, Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace read Edward's account and were inspired to make the Amazon the destination for their famous expedition. Eventually, Edwards' book was just the first of several works written by naturalists that recorded the growing interest in the scientific exploration of the Amazon."
Note under tombstone picture: "At Anne Edwards Willis Family plot at Springhill Cemetery, Charleston, W.V."
Children
Edith Katherine Antil Edwards b: 1852
William Seymour Edwards b: 1856
Annie Scott Edwards b: 1858
Also in this lot:
EDWARDS, WILLIAM S.
Buried: 7 July 1930
Lot 1671 Section 92 Grave FLC
EDWARDS, WILLIAM H.
Buried: 9 Apr 1909
Lot 1671 Section 92
When William Henry Edwards was born on March 15, 1822, in Hunter, New York, his father, William, was 25 and his mother, Helen, was 22. He married Katherine Colt Tappan in 1851. They had three children during their marriage. He died on April 2, 1909, in Coalburg, West Virginia, having lived a long life of 87 years."
William Henry Edwards (March 15, 1822 – April 2, 1909) was an American businessman and entomologist. He was an industrial pioneer in the coalfields of West Virginia, opening some of the earliest mines in the southern part of the state. He was also a prominent naturalist specializing in the study of butterflies. He wrote The Butterflies of North America, a three-volume treatise that is highly regarded for its scholarship and the quality of its illustrations.
"In 1846 Edwards traveled to Brazil and journeyed up the Amazon River with his uncle, Armory Edwards. Armory had been the US consul in Buenos Aries and worked in Argentina for the family's leather business. It is possible that the original purpose of their trip was related to family business concerns but for Edwards the focus of this trip became the beauty and untrammeled wilderness he experienced as they explored the huge delta island of Marajo and went upriver from Belem to Manaus."
"Edwards took careful note of his experiences and shortly afterwards wrote a book, A Voyage Up the River Amazon, published in 1847. It is credited with sparking an interest in the region among natural scientists; in particular, Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace read Edward's account and were inspired to make the Amazon the destination for their famous expedition. Eventually, Edwards' book was just the first of several works written by naturalists that recorded the growing interest in the scientific exploration of the Amazon."
Note under tombstone picture: "At Anne Edwards Willis Family plot at Springhill Cemetery, Charleston, W.V."
Children
Edith Katherine Antil Edwards b: 1852
William Seymour Edwards b: 1856
Annie Scott Edwards b: 1858
Also in this lot:
EDWARDS, WILLIAM S.
Buried: 7 July 1930
Lot 1671 Section 92 Grave FLC
Buried: 9 Apr 1909
Lot 1671 Section 92
When William Henry Edwards was born on March 15, 1822, in Hunter, New York, his father, William, was 25 and his mother, Helen, was 22. He married Katherine Colt Tappan in 1851. They had three children during their marriage. He died on April 2, 1909, in Coalburg, West Virginia, having lived a long life of 87 years."
William Henry Edwards (March 15, 1822 – April 2, 1909) was an American businessman and entomologist. He was an industrial pioneer in the coalfields of West Virginia, opening some of the earliest mines in the southern part of the state. He was also a prominent naturalist specializing in the study of butterflies. He wrote The Butterflies of North America, a three-volume treatise that is highly regarded for its scholarship and the quality of its illustrations.
"In 1846 Edwards traveled to Brazil and journeyed up the Amazon River with his uncle, Armory Edwards. Armory had been the US consul in Buenos Aries and worked in Argentina for the family's leather business. It is possible that the original purpose of their trip was related to family business concerns but for Edwards the focus of this trip became the beauty and untrammeled wilderness he experienced as they explored the huge delta island of Marajo and went upriver from Belem to Manaus."
"Edwards took careful note of his experiences and shortly afterwards wrote a book, A Voyage Up the River Amazon, published in 1847. It is credited with sparking an interest in the region among natural scientists; in particular, Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace read Edward's account and were inspired to make the Amazon the destination for their famous expedition. Eventually, Edwards' book was just the first of several works written by naturalists that recorded the growing interest in the scientific exploration of the Amazon."
Note under tombstone picture: "At Anne Edwards Willis Family plot at Springhill Cemetery, Charleston, W.V."
Children
Edith Katherine Antil Edwards b: 1852
William Seymour Edwards b: 1856
Annie Scott Edwards b: 1858
Also in this lot:
EDWARDS, WILLIAM S.
Buried: 7 July 1930
Lot 1671 Section 92 Grave FLC
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