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Biography and Obituary (findagrave.com):

GEORGE KENDRICK EDMONDS was born in New Albany, Floyd County, IN, on 6 February 1830. He was the son of John Pratt Edmonds and Jane Reneau (or Reno). John Pratt Edmonds, a minister, was born 2 December 1803 in North Carolina and died 22 December 1885, possibly in Marion County, AR (where by 1880, he was living with his second wife, Elizabeth Rush Atkinson). Jane Reneau (or Reno) was born 12 March 1806 in Tennessee and died 26 May 1869; she last appeared on the 1860 census of Steele Township of Daviess County, IN. John and Jane were married 11 October 1822 in Jefferson County, TN.

George's five siblings were:

MEREDITH R. EDMONDS (1826-1874), married Eliza Ann Weddle

JOHN R. EDMONDS (1833-1903), married 1st; Emily Jane Newberry, married 2nd, Melvina

LEWIS RENEAU EDMONDS (1835-1923), married Harriet Sarelda O'Haver

JOSEPH EDMONDS (1838-1911), married 1st, Mary Van Meter; married 2nd, Kate Greene; married 3rd, Mary E. Watson

NARCISSA R. EDMONDS (1840-1928), married Greenberry Reynolds

All of George's brothers served in the Civil War. Meredith R. served with Co. E, 67th Indiana Infantry; John R. with Co. H, 51st Indiana Infantry; Lewis R. with Co. I, 97th Indiana Infantry; and Joseph with Co. F, 120th Indiana Infantry.

On 7 February 1852, George married Nancy Caroline Rider (who reportedly was of German and Cherokee Indian ancestry). Nancy was born 25 March 1834 in Indiana. George was 22 years of age, and Nancy was 17 at the time of their marriage. George became a physician by 1856. He and Nancy had the following 11 children:

JOHN PRATT EDMONDS (1852-bef. 1860

JACOB LEWIS EDMONDS (1854-aft. 1870)

ELBERT SEVIER EDMONDS (1857-1926), married Roena Leveridge Baugh

GEORGE WILLIAM EDMONDS (1859-bef. 1860)

MARGARET JANE EDMONDS (1860-1945), married Morris Herd

SAMPSON TINCH EDMONDS (1862-1923), married Georgia Ann

JULIA ANN EDMONDS (1866-1934)

CALVIN RUTER EDMONDS (1869-1945), married Effie Condreay

OLLIE BURKE EDMONDS (1872-1949), married Thomas Riley

THOMAS EDWARD EDMONDS (1875-1948), married Lellie Dee

MARY CAROLINE EDMONDS (1876-1966), married Isaac M. Anderson

On 22 September 1864, George enlisted into the 44th Indiana Infantry, at Evansville, IN. His Civil War compiled service records indicate that he was drafted and note his residence as Steele Township, Daviess County, IN. He was mustered in 17 October 1864 at Washington, Daviess County, IN. His description was given as follows: black eyes, black hair, dark complexion, and 5 feet 10 inches tall. Most of his time in the service was spent in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was mustered out of the service on 29 May 1865.

After the war, George and his family did not remain in Indiana long. By 1866, they had moved to Bowers Mill, Lawrence County, MO, which was located on the Spring River – about 15 miles east of Carthage, Jasper County, MO. It is not known what lured the Edmonds family to that area, but perhaps they were in need of a physician. By 17 October 1869, George and his family relocated to Boone County, AR, where they began homesteading 160 acres of land near Lead Hill. George bought and sold land in Boone County in the 1870s, 1880s, and into the early 1890s, but for a time, the family lived in Isabella, Ozark County, MO, where Nancy died on 22 June 1887. George bought 209 acres just northwest of Lead Hill on February 5, 1881 and another 40 acres a little further northwest on January 6, 1885.

On 23 February 1888, George married Sarah Alice Snapp Burnett at her residence in Protem, Taney County, MO. George was 58 years of age and Sarah was 27 at the time of their marriage. (Sarah was the widow of David Henry Burnett, who had died 11 March 1886 at Protem. David and Sarah were the parents of three young children, Susan, Bert, and Robert.) Sarah was born 23 March 1860 in Fayetteville, Washington County, AR. On 5 June 1889, George and Sarah moved to Boone County, AR, where they had purchased 40 acres just northeast of Harrison.

By 1890, the Edmonds family had again returned to Taney County, MO. On 29 July 1890, George filed a Declaration for Invalid Pension form—for a disability he had incurred during the Civil War. He stated that in December 1864, at Chattanooga, TN, he contracted rheumatism from hardships and exposure. It is obvious from the documents in his pension file, that he suffered greatly from rheumatism and had great difficulty getting on a horse—therefore, making it a challenge to make house calls as a physician. In 1891(according to documents in his Civil War pension file), he used the post office address of Peel, Marion County, AR. By 1892, the Edmonds family had moved to the town of Bellefonte (near Harrison) in Boone County, AR. There is no evidence he ever bought land there. One son was born to George and Sarah Edmonds:

JOSEPH LAFAYETTE EDMONDS (1892-1986), married 1st, Edith Jane Peacock; married 2nd, Effie Condreay Edmonds (widow of his half-brother, Calvin)

By 1900, the family had moved back to Isabella, Ozark County, MO. Dr. George Kendrick Edmonds died of "pneumonia fever" on 12 January 1917 at the age of 86 years, one month, and six days. His death certificate indicated his occupation as physician and retired soldier. He was buried in Isabella Cemetery on 13 January 1917.

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OBITUARY

Ozark County (Missouri) Times

January 19, 1917, page 3, column 1

Dr. G. K. Edmonds, an old and highly respected pioneer citizen, died at his home at Isabella on last Friday morning. The remains were interred in the Isabella cemetery Saturday evening. He was the father of Mrs. I. M. [Mary Caroline] Anderson, of this city, and of Miss Julia Edmonds, who is making her home with Mrs. J. E. Wood at West Plains. Miss Edmonds passed through this city Saturday morning on her way to Isabella.

Under "Isabella Items" in that same newspaper, page 3, column 6, appeared the following note: "Dr. G. K. Edmonds died Friday after a few days' illness, aged 86 years and 11 months. He leaves a wife, five sons and four daughters to mourn. They have our sympathy. Miss Julia Edmonds came over from West Plains to attend the burial."

Biography (findagrave.com):

Hezekiah Bradds was the son of William & Elizabeth (reportedly Hostetter) Bradds (both born in VA). His siblings were: Polly A., Nancy I., John, Margaret V., Elizabeth R., and George (per the 1850 census of District 51 1/2 of Rockbridge County, VA). Two younger siblings were shown on the 1860 census of Ross Township, Greene County, OH (PO Jamestown): Sarah F. and Andrew.

Hezekiah Bradds wrote and published an autobiography pamphlet (mainly about his experience in the Civil War) in 1926. Copy and paste the following web address into your browser to read it: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~volker/history/civilwar/memoirs/60thmembradds.html

If the above link at any time goes inactive, just try doing an Internet search for "Personal Memories of Incidents During the Civil War by Hezekiah Bradds." His autobiography appeared in the NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington, D.C., on April 8,1926, titled "With the 60th Ohio Around Petersburg."

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MARRIAGES:

His first marriage was to Martha L. Sligar on 4 November 1891 in Jackson County, Missouri (possibility in Independence). The 1900 census (of Kansas City, Jackson County, MO) showed him as divorced. The 1910 census (of Big Creek Township, Ozark County, MO) showed him married to "Mary E." It is not known whether the marriage ended with a divorce or her death. On 23 February 1919, he married Sarah (Snapp) Burnett Edmonds in Polk County, MO. She was the widow of David Burnett and George K. Edmonds. Hezekiah died at his home in Springfield, MO, on 16 February 1931, following injuries sustained in a car accident on 6 February 1931 near Rogersville, MO. His obituary follows.

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TO HOLD RITES FOR VETERAN

Hezekiah Bradds Will Be Buried in National Cemetery

Springfield (Mo.) Press, p. 9

February 17, 1931

Funeral services for Hezekiah Bradds, who died Monday, will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and burial will be in National Cemetery under direction of the Alma Lohmeyer Funeral Home. His home was at 323 West Pacific Street [in Springfield].

Mr. Bradds was born in Virginia in 1847 and after moving to Ohio when a youth, joined the Sixtieth Ohio Regiment of the Union Army, when only 16 years old.

A recent pamphlet written by the war veteran gives in detail incidents of importance which he has remembered since he war. In the latter years of his wife, he was able to recall plainly the factors determining the end of the war, the success of the north, and facts surrounding the reconstruction period which took place following the war.

He had great faith in prayer, attributing the success of the northern armies to the people at home who kept their faith in God and prayed for the army.

He is survived by his wife Mrs. Sarah A. Bradds, two brothers, Andy Bradds of Kansas City and George Bradds, who lives in Iowa; and one sister, Mrs. Sally Sherwood of Kansas City.

Obituary and Bio (findagrave.com):

Springfield (Missouri) Leader-Press

February 6, 1948

Obituary

Mrs. Edith Jane Edmonds, 55, died at 2:05 this morning in a hospital here [St. John's Hospital] following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Edmonds formerly lived here, but moved to Terre Haute, Ind., several years ago. She returned to Springfield three weeks ago to stay with a daughter, Mrs. Merle Lyons, who lives off Kearney west of the city. She was a member of the Methodist church and of the War Mothers.

Other survivors include her husband, Joseph; a son, Dr. K. T. Edmonds of Indianapolis; five grandchildren; a brother, Kelly Peacock of Lutie, Mo.; and four sisters, Mrs. Flossie Jones of Rogersville, Route 2; Mrs. Leah Hogard of Britton, Okla.; Mrs. Glessie Stehle of Ocie, Mo.; and Mrs. Jessie Rose of Lutie.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Thieme.

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Edith died from breast cancer, from which she had suffered for three years. Her funeral was held at True Hope Church, near Lutie Cemetery, and John Harlin officiated.

Her widowed husband, Joseph, remarried the following year -- to Effie Condreay Edmonds, the widow of his half-brother, Calvin Edmonds. They settled in Vista, California. Although Joseph's name appears on the headstone with Edith (at Lutie Cemetery), he was buried with his second wife at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside, California.

Obituary and Bio (findagrave.com):

The Ozark County News, Gainesville, Missouri

Thursday, September 26, 1901

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Joseph Peacock, one of the most substantial farmers of Ozark Co., died at his home 3 miles west of Lutie last Saturday from typhoid malarial fever after an illness of about four weeks. Mr. Peacock was a member of the I.O.O.F. and a beneficiary member of the M.W.A. and held a policy for $1,000. He was buried Sunday evening at six o'clock at the Jones Cemetery, near Lutie, by the Odd Fellows. A number of Odd Fellows from this place participated in the ceremonies. [This cemetery has long been known as Lutie Cemetery, but is located on land once known as the Jones farm.]

Deceased leaves a wife, four children, a mother, and a sister.

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Resolution of Respect from the I.O.O.F.

The Ozark County News, Gainesville, Missouri

Thursday, October 3, 1901

WHEREAS, it has pleased the Supreme Architect of the Universe to call from labor to rest our dear beloved brother, Joseph Peacock, who died at his home near Lutie, Missouri Sept. 21st, 1901.

RESOLVED: That we will ever bear in greatful remembrance the zeal and fidelity with which he discharged all his duties as an Odd Fellow and will try to imitate his devotions to the principals of the order which he so dearly loved.

RESOLVED: That in the death of Brother Peacock, his family has lost a devoted husband and father, the mother a loving son, the Lodge a faithful and useful member, and the community an honored citizen.

RESOLVED: That we tender our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved widow and children and recommend them to the care and protection of God in whom Brother Peacock trusted, and recall to their mind that "all that are born must die." And be it further,

RESOLVED: That, these resolutions be spread upon the records of this Lodge to be read and rememered by the brothers and a copy sent to the family of our deceased brother.

Biography (findagrave.com):

Dr. Kendrick T. Edmonds, 76, of Bedford, died Sunday morning, November 5, 1989, at Bartholomew County Hospital in Columbus, Indiana.

Born April 3, 1913, in Isabella, Ozark County, Missouri, he was the son of Joseph Lafayette and Edith (Peacock) Edmonds. He was a retired radiologist at Dunn Memorial Hospital and had been affiliated with the Southern Indiana Radiological Association. He had practiced medicine in Bedford, Indiana, since 1948. He was a graduate of the University of Louisville (KY) School of Medicine, having graduated on June 6, 1939. He was a member of the Bedford Elks Club Club #826 and of Gillen Post #33 of the Ameican Legion. He belonged to the United States Power Squadron. He was one of the primary developers of Kenray Lake in Bedford. He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.

He was survived by his children: Carol Sue (Edmonds) Henderson, James Lawrence Edmonds, Barbara Jean (Edmonds) FlorJancic, and David Alan Edmonds . He was the brother of Merle (Edmonds) Lyons, of Springfield, Missouri. At the time of his death, he had 10 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Frances (Knoll) Edmonds, in 1979.

Services were held at 2:00 p.m. on November 7, at Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ronald Sacco officiating. Burial was in Cresthaven Cemetery in Bedford.

Military rites were performed by the members of the Gillen American Legion post.

Obituary (findagrave.com):

Mary F. Edmonds, 61, Route 18, Box 374, Robin Hood Estates, deid at 7:30 a.m. Friday, November 2, 1979 at Bedford Medical Center.

She was born on January 30, 1918, in Van Wert, OH to Charles Elmer and Imogene Lees Knoll. On February 28, 1941, she was married to Dr. Kendrich T. Edmonds, who survives.

Mrs. Edmonds was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Psi Iota Xi Sorority, Lawrence County Medical Auxiliary, Friends of Music of Indiana University, and the American Guild of Organists.

She was president of the Girl Scout Board, organist for Baptist, Methodist and Episcopal churches for eight years, and organist for the Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home for many years.

She was a graduate of Springfield City Hospital School of Nursing in Springfield, OH.

Also surviving are two sons, James L., Columbia, SC and David A., Bedford; two daughters, Mrs. Douglas (Carol) Henderson, Logansport, and Mrs. Frederick (Barbara) Florjancie, Naperville, IL; nine grandchildren; one sister, Mildred Knoll, Stockton, CA and two brothers, Charles E. Knoll, Jr., Sarasota, FL and William F. Knoll, Van Wert, OH.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. John's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Robert Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memory Gardens. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Ferguson-Lee Funeral Home. The family asks that any memorial contributions be sent to the American Lung Association, 424 Fifth Street, Columbus.

Obituary published November 3, 1979 in the Bedford Daily Times-Mail.

Obituary (findagrave.com):

Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader

Friday, November 18, 1994

Obituary

Merle (Edmonds) Lyons, 79, Springfield, died at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, 1994, in the Manor at Elfindale [in Springfield], after a 16-month battle with lung cancer.

Born July 6, 1915, in southeast Taney County, Mo., (near Theodosia), she was the second child of Joseph Lafayette and Edith Jane (Peacock) Edmonds. She attended schools in Oklahoma and graduated from Springfield Senior High School in 1933. She attended Southwest Missouri State University for one year. Merle was united in marriage on June 22, 1935, to Lawrence Owen Lyons. She was a devoted mother, wife and homemaker and was a member of St. Agnes Cathedral.

She is survived by a daughter and her husband, Sally and John McAlear, Springfield; two grandsons, David Owen Lyons and Patrick Allen Lyons, Springfield; a daughter-in-law, Priscilla Lyons, Springfield; two nieces; and two nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Owen Lyons, in 1990; a son, Patrick Owen Lyons, in 1968; a son, John Paul Lyons, in 1994; a brother, Kendrick Thaddeus Edmonds, in 1989.

Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 1994, in St. Agnes Chapel with Revs. Thomas Keifer and David Dohogne officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery under direction of Herman Lohmeyer Funeral Home, 500 E. Walnut. No visitation is planned.

Obituary (findagrave.com):

Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader

Tuesday, February 27, 1990

Obituary

Lawrence Owen Lyons, 83, Springfield, died at 6:55 p.m. Sunday [February 25, 1990] in Cox Medical Center South, apparently of a heart attack.

Born Oct. 10, 1906, in Springfield, he was the eighth child of Robert P. and Sally Owen Lyons. He attended Southwest Missouri State University for two years and Draughon Business College for two years, majoring in business. He began his career as one of the first 12 men hired in 1933 at the U.S. Federal Medical Center during the Great Depression. Eleven years later, he went into private business and subsequently developed a small shopping center and Lakewood Mobile Home Park. He retired in 1968 and enjoyed many years of traveling, one of his great loves, in his recreational vehicle. He was united in marriage to Merle Edmonds on June 22, 1935. He is survived by his wife; a son, John, and his wife, Priscilla; a daughter, Sally McAlear, and her husband, John, Springfield; a brother, Joseph, Springfield; two sisters, Elizabeth Lyons, Springfield, and Blanche Rathjen, Los Angeles, Calif.; and two grandchildren, David Owen and Patrick Allen Lyons. He was preceded in death by a son, Patrick Owen Lyons.

Funeral Mass will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Agnes Chapel with the Rev. Thomas Reidy officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery under the direction of Herman Lohmeyer Funeral Home.

Obituary (findagrave.com):

Springfield (Missouri) News-Leader

Sunday, July 9, 1994

Obituary

John Paul Lyons, 55, Springfield, died at 8:35 a.m. Thursday, July 7, 1994, in Cox Medical Center North due to a blood clot following surgery.

Born May 4, 1939, in Springfield, he was the first child of Lawrence Owen and Merle Edmonds Lyons. He attended St. Joseph and St. Agnes Schools and graduated from Central High School in 1958. He then attended Drury College for two years, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. In 1961, he went to work for Commerce Bank where he was employed until taking medical retirement in 1980 due to complications of polio contracted in 1956. Despite ongoing health problems, he was an avid outdoorsman and was particularly fond of hunting and fishing. John was united in marriage on Nov. 10, 1967, to Priscilla Mae Snow.

He is survived by his wife, Priscilla Lyons, of the home; two sons, David Owen Lyons, Springfield, and Patrick Allen Lyons, of the home; his mother, Merle Lyons, Springfield; a sister and her husband, Sally and John McAlear, Springfield; two aunts and an uncle; and his lifelong friend, Don Greenwood, Nixa.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Patrick Owen Lyons, in 1968; and his father, Lawrence Owen Lyons, in 1990.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday, July 11, 1994, in St. Agnes Cathedral with the Revs. Thomas Keifer and David Dohogne officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery under direction of Human Lohmeyer Funeral Home.

Biography (findagrave.com):

Patrick Owen Lyons was the second child of Lawrence and Merle (Edmonds) Lyons. He was known as Rick to his family and friends. Rick was educated at St. Joseph Elementary School and Reed Junior High School in Springfield and attended Willard High School (in nearby Willard) for two years and Hillcrest High School (in Springfield) the last two years. After high school, Rick enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served four years. While in the Navy, he qualified for submarine duty and was a sonar technician aboard the USS Sam Houston, a Polaris submarine. His average patrols underwater were 60 days. Rick returned home to Springfield in February of 1966 and began his college education that September at Missouri State University (then Southwest Missouri State University) where he was an honor student majoring in pre electrical engineering and a member of Kappa Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society and Young Democrats. He was to have completed his engineering degree at Missouri University of Science and Technology (in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri) and planned to go on for a master's and doctorate in electrical engineering but was killed in the crash of a small plane near Republic, Missouri, on 9 August 1968. Rick's hobbies were playing the guitar (by ear as he did not read notes), motorcycling with his father (in search of log cabins in rural areas), and flying. He also had a love of sports cars. Rick's joy of life, love of family, energy, and sense of humor were some of his many positive traits.