Name |
EDMUNDSON, Burwell |
Birth |
27 Jan 1842 |
Walker County, Texas, United States [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
24 Sep 1850 |
Walker County, Texas, United States [2] |
Attending School |
Residence |
26 Jul 1860 |
Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States [3] |
Mail rider |
- There were only farmers and ranchers living around Rice until the Houston and Texas Central Railroad reached here in 1871-1872. Then Mr. Lewis B. Haynie and Rev. Jerry Ward came and established a store and post office on the corner where Loop and Walker had a store later. Soon Mr. Benjamin C. Clopton came and had the first Drug Store in Rice. He was the father of [Mrs.] J. M. Bartlett.
Among the farmers nearby in 1860 were Burwell Edmunson [Edmundson], Lucian Lockhart, Isaac B. Sessions, Egbert Sessions, Jesse M. Bartlett Sr., James and Thomas Bartlett, Wm. A. Langham, Nathan M. Fitzgerald, and Major Rose. The Log house which Mr. Langham built is still used. The Major Rose house is still standing and the framework is of cedar logs.
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Source: A History of Rice, Navarro County, Texas
Online at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txnavarr/towns/rice/a_history_of_rice.htm
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Residence |
29 Jan 1940 |
Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States |
- RICE, Texas, Jan. 28.--Burwell Edmundson, oldest citizen of Rice and believed to be the oldest native Texan, observed his ninety-eighth birthday at his home in Rice Saturday. Better known as Uncle Burl, he was born near Huntsville. In 1854 he moved with his parents to Chatfield, Navarro County, then to Waxahachie in 1856, from there to Waco and later back to Chatfield.
In 1862 he enlisted in Waul's Legion of the Confederate army at Tehuacana, in Limestone County, and was transferred from there to Mississippi.
Benjamin F. Sterling, father of former Gov. Ross Sterling of Texas, was his commander during the Battle of Vicksburg. It required forty-eight days during 1863 for this legion to be captured by General Grant's army.
After being paroled at Vicksburg on July 10, Mr. Edmundson walked from there to his home at Chatfield, a distance of more than 400 miles.
He received his discharge at Galveston in 1865.
For several years after the war he was a cowboy, assisting in moving large herds of cattle hundreds of miles.
He was married at Chatfield in 1869 to Miss Jane Hays. In 1871 they moved to Oak Grove community in Ellis County, then in 1896 to his present home in Rice. Mrs. Edmundson died in 1927.
Despite his advanced years, Mr. Edmundson still enjoys average health. He has been a subscriber of The Dallas News for many years.
Mr. Edmundson has four living children. They are W. E. Edmundson and Mrs. H. C. Bartlett, Rice; Mrs. Sam Long, Sulphur Springs; Mrs. Fannie Donaldson, Kemp; also twelve grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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Source: Dallas Morning News, Monday, January 29, 1940, sec. 1, p. 5
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Death |
31 Jan 1942 |
Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States [1] |
Burial |
Aft 31 Jan 1942 |
Rice Cemetery, Rice, Navarro County, Texas [1] |
Person ID |
I931 |
Pickel_Bartlett |
Last Modified |
25 Jan 2009 |
Father |
EDMUNDSON, Wright, b. 8 Jan 1808, Greene County, North Carolina, United States d. 12 Jul 1860, Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States (Age 52 years) |
Mother |
SUGG, Edith, b. 25 Jul 1815, Greene County, North Carolina, United States d. 5 Oct 1899, Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States (Age 84 years) |
Marriage |
30 Jan 1834 |
Greene County, North Carolina, United States [1, 4] |
Residence |
1840 |
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States [5] |
Residence |
24 Sep 1850 |
Walker County, Texas, United States [2] |
Miller |
Residence |
Bef 12 Jul 1860 |
Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States [3] |
Hotel Keeper |
Family ID |
F90 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
HAYS, Jane Tabitha, b. 5 Mar 1851, Texas d. 14 May 1927, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 76 years) |
Marriage |
25 Nov 1869 |
Chatfield, Navarro, Texas, United States [1] |
Residence |
9 Aug 1870 |
Chatfield, Navarro, Texas, United States [6] |
Residence |
11 Jun 1880 |
Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States [7] |
Farmer |
Residence |
9 Jun 1900 |
Precinct 2, Navarro County, Texas [8] |
Landlord |
- Surname spelled Edmundson on this census.
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Residence |
5 May 1910 |
Precinct 2, Navarro County, Texas [9] |
- Surname spelled Edmundson on this census
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Residence |
20 Jan 1920 |
Rice, Navarro, Texas, United States [10] |
- Surname spelled Edmundson on this census
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Children |
| 1. EDMUNDSON, Frances, b. 21 Oct 1870, Navarro County, Texas, United States d. 22 Feb 1965, Seagoville, Dallas, Texas, United States (Age 94 years) |
| 2. EDMUNDSON, Charles Wright, b. 14 Oct 1872, Texas d. 14 Sep 1890, Texas (Age 17 years) |
| 3. EDMUNDSON, John, b. Abt 1875, Texas d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. EDMUNDSON, Jessie L., b. 1 May 1877, Texas d. 24 Dec 1900, Texas (Age 23 years) |
| 5. EDMUNDSON, Edith Mae, b. 10 Nov 1879, Navarro County, Texas, United States d. 21 Nov 1979, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, Texas, United States (Age 100 years) |
| 6. EDMUNDSON, May, b. Nov 1880, Texas d. Yes, date unknown |
| 7. EDMUNDSON, William Ernest, b. 2 Jun 1882, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, United States d. 15 Dec 1950, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 68 years) |
| 8. EDMUNDSON, Piercy Jane, b. 4 Dec 1886, Texas d. 5 Jul 1982, Navarro County, Texas, United States (Age 95 years) |
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Family ID |
F290 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
16 May 2022 |