Individual Details

Served as a Private, Company D, 1st Alabama Infantry, CSA.

John married Sarah Penelope "Sallie" Blount, 6 Nov 1867.

1870 Census. Talladega, AL, Hh 10
John Edwards, 25, Farmer
Sallie P., 24
Susan D., age 1
William B., age 2 months
Elizabeth Britton, 84, b. GA
Edwards Blunt, 16
Catherine Blunt, 13
Elizabeth Britton was his grandfather's second wife - his step-grandmother

1880 Census. Marble Valley, Coosa, AL
John Edwards, 35. Sarah, 34
Elizabeth, 12. Benjamin 10. Franklin 8. Leila, 6. Mikee, 3. Augustus, 2 months, b. in Mar

1900 Census. Marble Valley, Coosa, AL, Hh 217
John Edwards, b. Apr 1845, 55, married 33 years
Sarah P., wife, b. Nov 1846, 53, 9 children - 7 are living
Offa, son, b. Jun 1880, 19
Charley, son, b. Aug 1883, 16
Annie, dau, b. Oct 1885, 14
Hh 218
Frank Edward, b. Apr 1878, 22 and family [I think he was born in 1872 and was 28...]
Hh 219
Benjamin Edwards, b. Mar 1870, age 30, and family

1910 Census. Marble Valley, Coosa, AL
John M. Edward, 65
Sarah P., wife, 65

He is buried Marble Valley Memorial Cemetery, Marble Valley, Coosa, AL
The Alabama Death Index has Sallie - S. P. Edwards, b. 5 Nov 1845, in Alabama, died 25 Oct 1921 in Marble Valley, buried the next day, Marble Valley Cemetery, She was 77, a widow, her husband J. M. Edwards.

Is this Sarah with her family in 1850:
Dist 72, Burke Co, GA, Hh 461
Augustus W. Blount, 35, b. GA
Susan, 30, b. AL (the children were all ditto'd as Alabama, but I suspect all born in Georgia)
(Either Susan brought siblings to the marriage, or had an earlier marriage to a Rogers)
William Rogers, 13
John R. Rogers, 11
Blount children: Jackson H. 9. Mary E. 7. Sarah P. 4. Benjamin A., 8 months.

1860 Census. Southern Division, Talladega, AL, Hh 482
Burrell Brittain, 76. Elizabeth, 75
Mary Hunter, 35. Polly Hunter, 7. Susan Hunter, 5.
Sarah Blount, 15. Grisham Blount, 7. Catherine Blount, 4.

After John's death, Sallie lived with daughter Leila:
1920 Census Marble Valley, Coosa, AL, Hh 217
Jessie W. Morris, 50, b. AL, parents b. AL
Leila E., wife, 45
Jessie W., dau, age 12
Sallie P. Edwards, mother-in-law, 74, widow, b. AL, parents b. GA

30 Aug 1923, Mrs. J. M. Edwards, widow, applied for his pension. John M. Edwards enlisted 5 March 1863 and had died 25 Nov 1919. She stated that he was wounded at Port Hudson, 15 Apr 1863 by a minnie ball in the knee. He was taken prisoner at Franklin, TN, later paroled.
(Alabama, Civil War Soldiers database at Ancestry.com)

Find A Grave Memorial# 7505185
Lela Estelle Edwards Morris, wife of Jessie Wyatt Morris, buried Marble Valley Memorial Cemetery, as is her husband
Lela, b. 28 Aug, 1874, d. 18 Oct 1935, Sylacauga, Talladega, AL
Jessie, b. 23 Feb 1869, Henry, GA, d. 24 Jul 1959

Birth	28 Apr 1845	Alabama
Death	25 Nov 1919	Coosa County, Alabama

Father	Bennett Edwards (1807 - 1864)
Mother	Elizabeth Brittain (1809 - 1870)
Sibling	Susan Edwards (1831 - 1897)
Sibling	Mary Edwards (1833 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Piety Edwards (1834 - )
Sibling	Nancy Edwards (1837 - )
Sibling	Adaline Edwards (1838 - 1909)
Sibling	Canzada Edwards (1841 - 1933)
Sibling	William Burel Edwards (1847 - 1920)
Sibling	James Eden Edwards (1849 - 1918)