To Everything A Season: James EDGAR and Selah WITHERINGTON EDGAR Family

James D. "Doc" EDGAR

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James D. (Doc, Dock) EDGAR (01 January 1826 - 08 October 1912)

(Family Tree Database)

James D. EDGAR was the fifth child and fifth son of James EDGAR and Selah

WITHERINGTON EDGAR. Either his middle name was Doc (Dock) or it became

his nickname.

James D. was born 01 January 1826 in Maury Co, TENNESSEE. He was

enumerated with his family of farmers in Maury Co, TENNESSEE in the 1830,

1840 and 1850 US Censuses.

He was twenty - seven and single when he immigrated to DeWitt Co, TEXAS

with his parent's family in October of 1853, and he was farming on the

EDGAR Family Homestead with his parents during the 1860 Census.

His father James died in 1869, and although his mother Selah was declared the

head of the family in the 1870 Census, James D. was the eldest son still at

home and still farming the EDGAR Family Homestead.

James D. was a veteran of the Confederate Army during the US Civil War, according to the 1910 Census of DeWitt Co,

TEXAS.

Sometime after the 1870 Census, James D. returned to Maury Co, TENNESSEE, and in November 1873, he married Martha

Jane HADLEY (b.1834). He was forty- seven (47) and she was thirty-nine (39). Martha Jane's father, Ambrose HADLEY Jr,

died in 1847, leaving his wife Nancy Dodson CALDWELL HADLEY and his eldest child Martha Jane to raise his family of seven

children.

James D. and Martha Jane returned to DeWitt Co, TEXAS by 10 September 1875 because their first-born, Hadley EDGAR,

born 06 May 1875, died four months later on 10 September 1875 and was buried in the EDGAR Family Cemetery on the

EDGAR Family Homestead in DeWitt Co, TEXAS. Perhaps the couple traveled during the pregnancy or  perhaps Martha

Jane's age of forty-one contributed to the premature death of their first-born. Whatever the cause, the death of their first child

for whom they had waited so long, must have been a heavy burden.

Their second son Joseph Smith -- named after his uncle whose sacrifice at the Battle of San Jacinto enabled the EDGARs to

move to TEXAS -- was born 01 Oct 1876. And their last child, Christopher Henry "Kit," was born 10 February 1879, when

James D. was fifty-three (53) and Martha Jane was forty-five (45).

In the 1880 Census, James D. and Martha Jane were farming in DeWitt Co, TEXAS on the EDGAR Family Homestead with

their two sons Joseph and Christopher and James D.'s brother Benjamin Franklin Washington EDGAR.

James D. was one of the six EDGAR brothers who attended the 27 August 1898 EDGAR Family Reunion. In fact, the article

indicates he owned the EDGAR Homestead at the time of the Reunion; "the original home of the family when they first landed

in Texas, now owned by Dock Edgar."

By the 1900 Census, son Joseph Smith had just married Effie Mae BOOTHE, leaving James D., Martha Jane, son

Christopher, and James D's brother Benjamin Franklin Washington EDGAR, to farm the EDGAR Family Homestead.

Interestingly, Christopher was a school teacher and the enumerator for the local census.

Martha Jane died, age 75, on 14 January, 1910.

A few months later, during the 1910 Census, widowed James D. was living on North Clinton Street, Cuero, DeWitt Co, TEXAS

with his son, Deputy Clerk Joseph and family. Also in the household were James D.'s other son Christopher and his son

Howard.

James D. EDGAR died, age 86, on 08 October, 1912 in Edgar, DeWitt Co, TEXAS and was buried in Hillside Cemetery in

Cuero, DeWitt Co, TEXAS.

On his shared headstone with Martha Jane is the promise "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Matt 5:6"

TREE OF JAMES D. "Doc" EDGAR

The marriages, children and grandchildren of James D. EDGAR, 1826 - 1912, the fifth child and fifth son of James EDGAR

and Selah WITHERNGTON EDGAR:

(1) James D. (Doc) EDGAR, b. 1 Jan 1826, Maury Co, TN, d. 8 Oct 1912, Edgar, DeWitt Co, TX

& Martha Jane HADLEY, b. 1 Dec 1834, Maury Co, TN, d. 14 Jan 1910

m. 7 Nov 1873, Maury Co, TN

(2-1) Hadley EDGAR b. 6 May 1875, d. 10 Sep 1875

(2-2) Joseph Smith EDGAR b. 1 Oct 1876, Edgar, DeWitt Co, TX, d. 30 Dec 1952, Cuero, DeWitt Co, TX

& Effie Mae BOOTHE b. 28 Oct 1880, d. 8 Oct 1955

m. 1 Feb 1900

(3-1) James Hadley EDGAR b. 12 Dec 1900, TX, d. 2 Aug 1958

& May MANGHAM b. 7 Jan 1901, TX, d. 2 Nov 1985, Lubbock Co, TX

(4-1) James HadleyEDGAR b. 7 Nov 1927

(3-2) Joseph Smith EDGAR Jr b. 8 Nov 1903, d. 17 Jul 1960

& Sarah MANGHAM b. 29 Jan 1904, d. 23 Nov 1981

m. abt 1925

(4-1) Joe Frank EDGAR b. 24 Dec 1932 d. 22 May 1997

& WAGNER Beverly Elaine

(5-1) Charles Hadley EDGAR b. 10 Jul 1964

(3-3) James Douglas (Jack) EDGAR b. 22 Nov 1910, DeWitt Co, TX, d. 4 Dec 1989

&1 Coralee DAVIS b. 19 Sep 1918 - d. 18 Aug 1962

(4-1) Jacqueline Ann EDGAR b. 24 Jul 1943

& PAPACEK Charles William

(5-1) Jennifer Lynne PAPACEK

& KLIMOWICZ

(5-2) Jason Reding PAPACEK

& Carra L. PIKE

(6-1) Christopher Alexander PAPACEK

(6-2) Nicholas Charles PAPACEK

&2 Sibyl TATE b. 16 May 1918, d. 18 Dec 1994, Harris Co, TX

(3-4) John Burns EDGAR b. 15 Dec 1914, TX, d. 1 Oct 1944

& SHAW Joyce R. b. Abt 1920

(2-3) Christopher H. "Kit" EDGAR b. Feb 1879, TX

&1 Tabitha NORTON

(3-1) Benjamin Franklin Washington (Frank) EDGAR II b. 16 May 1901, Edgar, DeWitt Co, TX, d. 28 Apr 1959

& Dorothy Antoinette MORROGH b. 12 Jul 1915, Jefferson Co, TX

(4-1) Ann Celise EDGAR b. 12 Jun 1938

& SCHNEIDER

(5-1) Celise (Cindy) SCHNEIDER

& Edward RICKRODE

(6-1) Edward RICKRODE

(4-2) Christopher Henry "Kit" EDGAR II b. 9 Oct 1940

& Margaret Marie WALKER b. 13 Feb 1946

(5-1) Christopher Henry EDGAR III b. 7 May 1968

& Chikako UNKNOWN

(6-1) Sho EDGAR

(6-2) Kia EDGAR

(6-3) Kyo EDGAR

(3-2) Howard C. EDGAR b. abt 1903

& Frances Paula ARMOUR b. abt 1905

(4-1) Carlos LeRoy EDGAR b. 27 Apr 1923 d. 21 Sep 1987

& Mary Jeannette BONNEAU b. 2 May 1924 d. 10 Apr 2009

(5-1) Neville LeRoy, EDGAR Sr. b. 29 Sep 1943

& Wanda Jean MAULDIN

(6-1) Neville LeRoy "Lee"EDGAR Jr. b. 11 Jan 1969

(6-2) Scott Allan EDGAR b. 20 Mar 1972

(5-2) Howard Matthew "Matt" EDGAR b. 26 Jan 1949 d. 17 Nov 2003

& Linda Yvonne ETHEREDGE b. 9 Jan 1950

(6-1) William H. EDGAR b. Abt 1968

&1 Joy UNKNOWN

&2 Sherri C. CLARK b. Abt 1969

(6-2) Patrick Matthew EDGAR b. 26 Jan 1971

& Amanda K. ABRAHAM b. Abt 1972

(6-3) Amber Nicole EDGAR b. 30 May 1978

& Jeremy LISCUM

(5-3) Mary Sue EDGAR b. 30 Jun 1954 d. 30 Jun 1954

(4-2)  Howard Allan EDGAR b. 12 Jun 1927 d. 26 Oct 1977

& Margaret Helen MITCHELL b. 9 Dec 1930 d. 6 Feb 2005

(5-1) James L. EDGAR b. 9 Dec 1930 d. 6 Feb 2005

& Barbara Ruth GALLOWAY

(6-1) Mitchell Galloway EDGAR b. 29 Jan 1981

(6-2) Meghan Galloway EDGAR b. 26 Jan 1983

(5-2) William Howard EDGAR 31 Aug 1953

&1 Carolyn Kay AUSTIN Abt 1954

(6-1) Tracey Lynn EDGAR b. 7 May 1974

&1 Jesse Rene MARTINEZ b. 1973

(7-1) Taylor Rey MARTINEZ b. 14 Feb 1993

&2 WEBER

(7-1) Seth Jacob WEBER b. 18 Jan 1999

(6-2) Martha Carol EDGARb. 17 Sep 197

& ABRAHAM

&2 Lynda Ann PASCHAL

&3  Cynthia Ann UNKNOWN

&2 Rosa Lee SCHMIDT b. 20 Feb 1879 d. 27 May 1976

(3) Martha Jane EDGAR b. 1 Jul 1912 d. 21 Jan 1999

& Gabriel Martin BOOTHE b. 28 Oct 1906 d. 9 Feb 1978

(4-1) Janice Martin BOOTHE b. 21 Sep 1931 d. Aft 4 Dec 2005

& Colonel William Leslie J "Les" BROOMALL  d. Aft 4 Dec 2005

(5-1) Catharine Jane  BROOMALL b. 3 Oct 1957

(5-2) William Leslie BROOMALL III b. 20 Jan 1956

(4-2) Marilynn Jo BOOTHE b. 5 Sep 1937 d. 4 Dec 2005

& John Leslie "Sam"  HAMMAN b. 6 Oct 1934 d. 1 Feb 2009

(5-1) John Martin  HAMMAN b. 16 Apr 1965

&1 Leslea Ann MCKEOWN b. 12 Oct 1965

(6-1) John Thomas  HAMMAN b. 4 Oct 1993

(6-2) Clark Lawson  HAMMAN b. 23 Oct 1997

&2 Dana TONEY

(4-3) Sharon Jane BOOTHE b. 9 Sep 1941 d. Aft 4 Dec 2005

&1 Claire Sanford  MADSON b. Abt 1945

&2 Joseph Daniel  STROVE

(5-1) Daniel Martin  STROVE b. 30 Nov 1965

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