Elizabeth /Edwards/
[ born ?, died 1846 ]
in GEDCOM file chis.ged
(S29)
Eliza Edwards was the daughter of James Edwards(I011)
who established a trading
post on the south bank of the Little River, about five miles from the present
town of Holdenville in Oklahoma. Edwards ran a large farm in the rich alluvial
lands between two rivers and one of his main crops was corn. In addition to
his farming he conducted a country store, the stock representing the demands
and needs of the early settlers and the bands of Indians that came from as
far west as the Texas Panhandle. There was a well-beaten trail to Edwards'
Store from north Texas, crossing the Red River near the present town of
Denison, Old Preston or Coffee's Store. The traders always took produce
in carts or pack saddles. This produce generally consisted of skins, furs,
robes, or anything that Edwards could sell to the eastern market. He
established the store before the Battle of San Jacinto in Texas and for
fifteen years he was the most westerly center of white civilization. In
1849 Marcy distinctly stated that even then Edwards was the most westerly
of any of the white settlements.
James Edwards married a Creek Indian and had at least two daughters:
Eliza, who married Jesse Chisholm(I001)
, and Lucinda. Lucinda, born in 1823,
developed quite a business instinct and was a trader to a certain degree;
it seems that she bought a negro slave named Sambo from her brother-in-law
at one time. Elizabeth Edwards and Jesse Chisholm were married about 1836
and lived with James Edwards for some time as Jesse was busy with his
trading expeditions, peace journeys and as a guide. As a peacemaker and
pathfinder, he was an expert. Jesse Chisholm and his wife, Eliza Edwards
Chisholm had two sons: one, Frank, familiarly known as Jepee, who was on
the Great Exodus and spent part of the time of the Civil War with his
father at the Arkansas River on the Chisholm Creek, now in the town of
Wichita. He returned to the Indian Country during the Civil War, drifted
west, and has never been heard of since. He left no issue. The history of
the other son, William E., is fully given in these pages.
(S40)
This chart Shows "Frank" as being Jesse's child by Sah-kah-kee
McQueen(I015)
, rather than by Eliza Edwards(I010)
. And it shows the name "Jepee" as
belonging to Jesse's son "John" by a possible second wife [Nannie Bowles(I023)
].
| Name | Elizabeth /Edwards/
Nick Name: Eliza |
| Name | Elizabeth Edwards /Chisholm/ |
| Sex | Female |
| Birth | Child in Family: (F004) |
| Death | Date: 1846 |
| Note | (S29)
Eliza Edwards was the daughter of James Edwards(I011)
who established a trading
post on the south bank of the Little River, about five miles from the present
town of Holdenville in Oklahoma. Edwards ran a large farm in the rich alluvial
lands between two rivers and one of his main crops was corn. In addition to
his farming he conducted a country store, the stock representing the demands
and needs of the early settlers and the bands of Indians that came from as
far west as the Texas Panhandle. There was a well-beaten trail to Edwards'
Store from north Texas, crossing the Red River near the present town of
Denison, Old Preston or Coffee's Store. The traders always took produce
in carts or pack saddles. This produce generally consisted of skins, furs,
robes, or anything that Edwards could sell to the eastern market. He
established the store before the Battle of San Jacinto in Texas and for
fifteen years he was the most westerly center of white civilization. In
1849 Marcy distinctly stated that even then Edwards was the most westerly
of any of the white settlements. |
| Note | James Edwards married a Creek Indian and had at least two daughters:
Eliza, who married Jesse Chisholm(I001)
, and Lucinda. Lucinda, born in 1823,
developed quite a business instinct and was a trader to a certain degree;
it seems that she bought a negro slave named Sambo from her brother-in-law
at one time. Elizabeth Edwards and Jesse Chisholm were married about 1836
and lived with James Edwards for some time as Jesse was busy with his
trading expeditions, peace journeys and as a guide. As a peacemaker and
pathfinder, he was an expert. Jesse Chisholm and his wife, Eliza Edwards
Chisholm had two sons: one, Frank, familiarly known as Jepee, who was on
the Great Exodus and spent part of the time of the Civil War with his
father at the Arkansas River on the Chisholm Creek, now in the town of
Wichita. He returned to the Indian Country during the Civil War, drifted
west, and has never been heard of since. He left no issue. The history of
the other son, William E., is fully given in these pages. |
| Note | (S40)
This chart Shows "Frank" as being Jesse's child by Sah-kah-kee
McQueen(I015)
, rather than by Eliza Edwards(I010)
. And it shows the name "Jepee" as
belonging to Jesse's son "John" by a possible second wife [Nannie Bowles(I023)
]. |
| Child in Family (F004) | |
| Spouse in Family (F003) | |
Time Line
1830 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1836 F003: Marriage
1840 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1846 Death
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Sources of this information:
chis.ged Links
GCExport v 0.3, (c) 1998 Jesse Chisholm
Elizabeth /
William Edwards /