On this page: Introduction; 1932 EDGAR Family Reunion Newspaper Article; Translation and .pdf format
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INTRODUCTION
[Sourced as [TDE 1932] TDE with William Morrison EDGAR genealogy [S290]]
In 1932, the original 1931 document was paginated, printed, copied and bound into a small booklet, and it was sold at the
“second annual” EDGAR family reunion, held in Wright’s Grove at Ava, Jackson Co, ILLINOIS, about twenty-five (25) miles
southeast of Sparta, Randolph County, ILLINOIS, on Labor Day, 05 September 1932. The price to purchase the booklet was
$0.12 each. I have obtained photocopies of the pages of this booklet with all of the information as originally researched,
written, and printed by TDE in 1931.
It is probable the last three pages of this 1932 edition, pages 11 - 13, were not written by TDE but were added by the
person who produced and collected the fee for the 1932 booklet. This probability is based on three data points.
• TDE died in an accident 25 February 1932, over six months before the September 1932 second annual EDGAR
family reunion, during which this edition was presented.
• These last three pages contain the descendants, not of TDE, but of TDE's father's brother, William Morrison EDGAR.
• In addition, these three pages are presented after TDE's signature, which also suggests they were annexed to the
original TDE 1931 research.
And, I have obtained and scanned a copy of a newspaper article describing the 1932 EDGAR Family
Reunion in which a letter from TDE’s family was noted. Although TDE died accidentally prior to that
second reunion, his mother, Sarah Jane ALEXANDER EDGAR was still alive then at age 96.
TRANSCRIPTION AND .pdf FORMAT (1MB) OF PAGES 11 - 13
[Pages one (1) through ten (10) are the original 1931 TDE Genealogy.]
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GENEALOGY
Wm. Morrison Edgar
Wm. Morrison Edgar married Margaret Liefer Lackey. Their children are: Wm. Alexander, James Renwick, Jane Ann, John
Henry and Miss Margaret Florence.
Wm. Alexander Edgar married Lizzie S. Dodds. Their children are: Morrison McClurkin Edgar, Rev. Josiah Dodds Edgar, Wm.
David Edgar, Miss Florence M. Edgar, Isabel Elizabeth Edgar and John Torrence Lackey Edgar.
Morrison McClurkin Edgar (Prof. M. M.), married Mabel Humphreys. He is president of the Dunsmore Business College,
Staunton, [Augusta Co] Va. Their only child is Marguerite Edgar, pastor's assistant, Second Presbyterian Church, Lexington,
[Fayette Co] Ky. She is fine in music.
Rev. Josiah Dodds Edgar is General Secretary of Young People’s Work and Home Resources of the Reformed Presbyterian
(Covenanter) Church. His address after September 10th, 1932, will be: Rev. J. D. Edgar, 1624 Harrison St., Topeka,
[Shawnee Co] Kansas. He married Zada A. Patton (deceased a year ago [abt 1931]) when they were missionaries in Syria.
Their children are: Thomas Morrison Edgar, in college; Mary Elizabeth Edgar, senior in high school; Samuel Allen Edgar, junior
in high school; Robert Dodds Edgar, in junior high school; and Paul Patton Edgar, in sixth grade.
Wm. David Edgar, farmer, of Lyons, [Rice Co] Kansas, married Eliza Jane (Libbie) Gault. They have one child, a daughter,
Eleanor, sophomore in college, and quite a musician.
Miss Florence M. Edgar, at home with parents. Took training as nurse and nursed in a hospital in Los Angeles, [Los Angeles
Co] California, several years.
Isabel Elizabeth Edgar married Arthur L. Dill. Their chil-
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dren: John Arthur, senior in high school; Harold Wm., deceased; and C. Edgar, two years old.
John Torrence Lackey Edgar, deceased.
James Renwick Edgar, farmer, married Mary Ewing. Their children are: Delbert Wylie Edgar, Charles Leiper Edgar, Willis
Morrison Edgar, John Henry Edgar, Jr., and Miss Myrtle M. Edgar.
Their address is Sterling, [Rice Co] Kansas, R. F. D.
Delbert Wylie Edgar married Ethel Goheen. They have a filling station in Manhattan, [Riley Co] Kansas. They have one child, a
son, Lauren, in grade school.
Charles Leiper Edgar, runs feed, etc., store in California. Married Rose Chestnut. Children are: Charlene, in grade school, and
Joseph, 4 years old.
Willis Morrison Edgar, a manual training teacher, married Ethel Tippin. Have two children, Robert, in grade school, and
Dorothea Mae, 8 years old.
John Henry Edgar, Jr., teacher, married Pearl Copeland. Have one child, Evelyn Louise, nine months old.
Miss Myrtle M. Edgar, a very successful teacher. At home.
Jane Ann Edgar, deceased. Married David Crozier. She left two children, Margaret Moffat Crozier and Wm. Lloyd Crozier.
Margaret Moffat Crozier married R. Bruce Bailey. They live in Los Angeles, [Los Angeles Co] California. Have no children
living. Three died in infancy.
Wm. Lloyd Crozier, farmer. Address, St. Albert, Alberta, ‘ Canada, R. 2. Married Phoebe [blank indicating last name unknown].
Their children: Eleanor, sophomore in high school; David, entering high school; Edgar, Reginald, Clifford. [sic] all three in the
grades.
John Henry Edgar, Sr., farmer. Married Tillie M. Dodds, sister to Lizzie S. Dodds, who married W. A. Edgar. Their children are:
R. Metheny, Ida, Ira and M. Belle.
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R. Metheny Edgar, married lsa Belle Dougherty. Their children are: Margaret and Ralph, high school graduates; Donald, junior
in high school; Alice, Howard and Alvin, in the grades; Mary and Carol, too young for school. Address of these: Sterling, [Rice
Co] Kansas, R. F. D.
Ida Edgar; died when eight years old.
Ira Edgar; died when nineteen months old.
M. Belle Edgar, married Rev. R. C. Adams. They are missionaries among the Indians at the Reformed Presbyterian
(Covenanter) Mission. Their address is Apache, [Caddo Co] Oklahoma. Their children are: Roy, Lois, Marian, Bruce, in grade
school, and Ruth, too young to go to school.
Miss Margaret Florence Edgar. Died some years ago.
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