Elizabeth Patience 'Bessie' Edwards^[1]

1861 - 1951  (90 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Patience 'Bessie' Edwards
  Born	3 May 1861	Halifax Co., Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 Jul 1951	Danville, Virginia
  Buried	Green Hill Cemetery-Danville, Virginia
  Person ID	I7338	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	James M. Edwards, Jr.,   b. 1832, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. 28 Jul 1861, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth F. Powell,   b. 1835, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	30 Sep 1852	Person County, North Carolina   [2]
  Family ID	F4021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Silver Charm of Bessie Edwards img056.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Bessie Edwards bessie-1.jpg
  		Bessie Edwards, d/o James M. Edwards, Jr. bessie-2.jpg
  		Bessie Edwards Obituary bessie-obits.jpg
  		William Daniel Powell, Jr. Obituary WDPowellJrBeeMay251928.jpg
  		Death Certificate besedwards.jpg

  
  

  Headstones

  Elizabeth Patience 'Bessie' Edwards- 1st Cousin of Mattie Edwards 7338_hs.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Patience 'Bessie' Edwards, spinster, never married and had no issue. She lived with her her sister-in-law, Mattie Carter Powell after her first husband, Warner L. Powell, died and helped raise her children from two marriages. She lived with The Powells for much of her life and is buried in the Powell family plot at Green Hill Cemetery in Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia. Remembrance of Margaret Virginia Denny Powell as told to Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston. Photograph of headstone by Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston. William H. Talley III 4:03 PM 19 Jun 2014 to me, Raymond, wht3 Cousin Mary Frances Was Aunt Mattie Edwards Carter your grandmother? My grandmother was Elizabeth Patience Edwards Hurt, her sister. They were daughters of Addison Lafayette Edwards. I am glad to make contact with you Cousin Mary Frances. I have met James C. Moses, Class of 1954 at Randolph-Macon College. I am a member of the Class of 1952 at R-MC. I met him about 10 years ago at R-MC and he was living in Richmond. He advised me that he had sold the Moses Insurance Agency in Danville. I told him that his grandmother was my grandmother?s sister. He appeared to have no interest in the Edwards connection. I look forward to talking to you and my favorite Cousin Ray Ryan about the Edwards and Boley Families. It is a pleasure to meet you Mary Frances. Bill Talley, III

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/33864625/person/18546212379. Bessie Edwards was a spinster who lived with her relatives and helped raise her children and is buried in the Powell Family Plot at Green Hill Cemetery. Ancestry shows her name as Elizabeth Patience; I have never heard her name other than Bessie, but indeed she could have been named for Elizabeth Patience Turner CARTER, m/o George Turner Carter whose families intermarried. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate. Marriage Record Person Co., NC James M. Edwards & Elizabeth F. Powell, 23 Sep 1852 (m. 23 Sep 1852 by Jno W. Cunningham, JP) William T. Edwards and Sarah F. Powell, 16 Jan 1856 (Samuel R. Satterfiled, Jno W. Cunningham)