Wilson Daily Times, 22 November 1944.

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In the 19o0 census of Bull Head township, Greene County, North Carolina: farmer Henry E. Edwards, 33; wife Julia, 27; children Hattie, 2, and Henry E., Jr., 4; and nephew John, 15.

On 23 December 1900, Henry Edwards, 28, of Wilson County, married Nancy Ann Barron, 18, of Wilson County, at the bride’s home in Wilson County. Rev. C.L. Alexander, “minister of the Zion denomination,” performed the ceremony in the presence of L.A. Moore, Charlie Gay, and Albert Oats.

In the 1910 census of Wilson, Wilson County: farm laborer Henry Edwards, 44, and children Henry E., 13, Hattie, 11, Jonathan, 7, and David, 3.

Henry Evan Edwards died 21 November 1944 at Mercy Hospital, Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 17 March 1869 in Greene County to Lafayette Edwards; was a minister; was a widower; and lived at 620 East Nash Street. Joseph Edwards was informant.