William Marion Edwards & Lydia Violet BOWEN
William M. EDWARDS was born 23 April 1870, near Big Fork, Polk County, Arkansas, and died 11 Dec 1934 at Alf, Arkansas. He is buried at Sulphur Springs Cemetery at Alf, Ark.On November 4, 1888, at Black Springs, Arkansas, he married Lydia Violet BOWEN. She was born 24 Nov 1873 in Polk County, Ark. and died 19 June 1907 at Alf, Ark.
| EDWARDS, Eliza Eveline | b. 28 Aug 1889 | d. 20 Dec 1985 | mar - HUGHES, Joe Wilson |
| EDWARDS, Franklin Freeman | b. 26 Nov 1892 | ....... | mar - IRONS, Mattie - 1929 |
| EDWARDS, John Gipson "Gippy" | b. 14 May 1896 | d. 24 Mar 1986 | mar 1st) GOODMAN , Vida mar 2nd) KETCHUM, Ida |
| EDWARDS, Zora D. | b. 26 Jul 1899 | d. 5 Sep 1988 | mar - GOODMAN, Marlin B. |
| EDWARDS, Hopkin | b. 6 Oct 1901 | ...... | mar - BLUE, Velma M. |
William M. EDWARDS married 2nd) ROWTON, Julia E., who was born 22 Sep 1907. They had one child Homer Andrew EDWARDS, who was born 23 March 1909, married WARREN, Stella, and died in 1949.
On May; 29, 1910, William Edwards married his
third wife, Martha A. ROWTON who was born 29 May 1910.
They had three children:
| EDWARDS, William Alfred | b. 30 Jul 1912 | mar - SHERMAN Allie |
| EDWARDS, Betty J. | b. 7 Feb 1918 | mar - BRADLEY, Gaylon |
| EDWARDS, Dorothy | b. 6 Sep 1922 | mar - PARKER, Jesse Riley |
Information about this family is from a family
group sheet compiled by R. P. Baker