Nicholas Porter Earp sired 11 children. The first three were with his first wife, Abigail Storm: the eldest, Newton, lived to be 91 and the last born, Nathan lived only a few minutes and his mother followed him into death. They had a daughter, Mariah Ann Earp. She was born 12 February 1839. and her brother Nathan was born on 8 October; Nathan and Abigail died almost immediately after his birth. Mariah followed them in death on 13 December 1939, aged 11 months and 1 day.
On 30 July 1840 Nicholas remarried, taking Virginia Ann "Ginnie" Cooksey, aged 19, to be his second wife. She gave him eight children, 5 boys and 3 girls, over a span of 20 years. The third and last two children were girls.
Martha Elizabeth was the first daughter born to Nick and Ginnie. She arrived on 25 September 1845 in Monmouth, Illinois. Soon afterwards, Nick signed up for service in the Mexican-American War, having previously served in the Black Hawk War in 1831. He returned home as an Invalided Sergeant in 1847, after being kicked in the groin by a mule. Martha died on 26 May 1856 in Monmouth, not quite 11 years old. Below is the only authenticated photo of her (with her family):
The seventh child, and second daughter, was Virginia Ann, who was born in Marion County, IOwa on 28 February 1858. She died in Pella, Iowa on 26 October 1861 - just before three of her brothers left to join the US Army in the Civil War. Below is the only authenticated photo of Virginia Ann:
The only Earp daughter to survive and marry was Adelia Douglas "Addie", who was born 16 June 1861 in Pella, Iowa. Adelia traveled back and forth across the west with her parents - Iowa to California and then to Missouri. In late 1876, the family loaded up wagons and began to head back to San Bernardino, California. A young man joined the wagon train as a driver - William Thomas Edwards, who was born 13 January 1856 in Burleson County, Texas, and hoped to woo Adelia during the trip to California. They wintered over in Peace, Kansas and Adie and he were married on 12 April 1877, before beginning the long haul from Kansas to California.
William and Adelia bought a farm outside of the town of Redlands in California and never looked back - although William did start to claim he was born in Missouri and not Texas. They had 10 children:
1. Mary Virginia Edwards, born May 1880 in San Bernardino County, California; died 4 November 1935 in Riverside, California.
She married Charles Henry Wilson in 1901.
She married Henry Luther Boren in 1902; they had a son and a daughter.
2. Nicholas Virgil Edwards, born 4 December 1882 in San Bernardino County, California; died 19 May 1951 in Los Angeles, California.
He married Pearl Burrows in 1907; they had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
3. LeRoy Edwards, born 27 November 1885 in San Bernardino County, California; died 1935 in Los Angeles, California.
He married Susan Bessant in 1909; no children.
He married Marie ____ in 1927; no children.
4. Estelle Josephine Edwards, born 27 October 1887 in San Bernardino County, California; died 6 May 1968 in Highland, San Bernardino County, California.
She married William Franklin Miller in 1900; they had one daughter.
5. Helena Edwards, born 22 October 1890 in San Bernardino County, California; died 10 August 1947 in San Bernardino County, California.
She married Cyrus Augustus Boren in 1907; they had 1 daughter and 2 sons.
6. Esther Muryl Edwards, born 27 December 1894 in Colton, San Bernardino County, California; died 20 February 1982 in San Bernardino County, California.
She married Lafayette Thornton Sullivan in 1914; they had 1 son.
She married Maurice Grant Hamilton.
7. A child was probably born between Esther and Raymond - the 1900 Census states Adelia had borne 8 children, with 7 living. Sex, name, and date of birth is not documented; but someone posted the name John R and a birth year of 1896 in Family Search, again, with no documentation.
8. Raymond Thomas Edwards, born March 1898 in San Bernardino County, California; died 1917 in San Bernardino County, California.
No record of any marriage or offspring - died at age 18 or 19.
9. Florence Edwards, born 4 April 1901 in San Bernardino County, California; died 21 February 1981 in Hemet, Riverside County, California.
She married Jack Daniel Bessant in 1920; no children.
10. George Sylvester Edwards, born 13 June 1904 in San Bernardino County, California; died 12 November 1974 in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California.
He married Georgia Anna Bell Temple in 1929; no children.
Adelia Douglas "Addie" Earp Edwards -
a verified authentic photo
Addie's husband William died on 30 May 1919, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in San Bernardino, California - all of the children, and Adelia, are buried there, also. In 1929, Addie moved in with her youngest daughter, and lived with Florence and Jack until her death on 16 February 1941.
**** You will notice that with the photos posted today, I have noted that they are authenticated. They were posted by Earp family relatives from what were, originally, private photos. If you look online for photos and see photos posted by P. W. Butler, or Paul Butler, do not believe they are whomever he has labeled them. He has posted two authentic photos that I'm aware of (copied from someone else's post), but he has gone through huge amounts of old photos and he claims they are people whom they might resemble, but are definitely not the persons named. - For example, he has posted a photo he claims is Nicholas Porter Earp and his third wife, Annie Elizabeth Cadd. They married in 1893, 10 months after Ginnie died. Both persons look very old - including Annie, who was only 50 and 30 years younger than Nick... And there are multiple photos where you can look at the nose, eyes, mouth, ears and lips and tell the photos are definitely not who he claims they are. They might look alike, or similar at first glance, but if you study certain areas, you can tell the real photos and misidentified photos do not match. ****
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.