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  • Name Newitt Edwards-xx
    Birth 1801 
    Gender Male
    Person ID I3624  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Family Jane Collie,   b. 1803, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1850 and 1860 (Age 47 years)
    Marriage 30 Dec 1841  Calloway Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Notes 


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      found at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYB-W2N

      Name: Newitt Edwards
      Birth Date:
      Birthplace:
      Age:
      Spouse's Name: Jane Grubbs
      Spouse's Birth Date:
      Spouse's Birthplace:
      Spouse's Age:
      Event Date: 30 Dec 1841
      Event Place: Calloway, Kentucky
      Father's Name:
      Mother's Name:
      Spouse's Father's Name:
      Spouse's Mother's Name:
      Race: White
      Marital Status:
      Previous Wife's Name:
      Spouse's Race: White
      Spouse's Marital Status:
      Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01324-8
      System Origin: Kentucky-EASy
      GS Film number: 1942719
      Reference ID: 208

      Citing this Record:
      "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWYB-W2N : accessed 29 June 2015), Newitt Edwards and Jane Grubbs, 30 Dec 1841; citing Calloway, Kentucky, reference 208; FHL microfilm 1,942,719.
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    Family ID F1077  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Dec 1841 - Calloway Co, KY Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


    • - he was previously married to Ann Gibson
      son Jesse H Edwards 1830
      dau Polly A Edwards 5/8/1832 Calloway Co, KY - 4/2/1935 Graves Co, KY
      - in 1859 married Nathan Granville Gibson 1833 - 1871
      - See findagrave.com page below
      son Jess Henry Gibson 1852 - 1926
      dau Martha E Edwards 1837

      - bet 1850-1860 he married Melissa (Gibson) (Chapman)

      - 1860 census lists him as age 59, Melissa-age 59, & Pasilee Gibson-age 14

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      found at findagrave.com

      Mary Ann "Polly" Edwards Gibson

      Birth: May 8, 1832
      Calloway County
      Kentucky, USA
      Death: Apr. 2, 1935
      Graves County
      Kentucky, USA

      Aged 103

      Born May 8, 1832 in Calloway County

      Died April 2, 1935

      Her father was Newit Edwards
      Mother was Ann Gibson

      She married Nathan Granville Gibson (1833-1871 born in Todd County) in 1859 in which Rev. John Garlan performed the ceremony. In Tom's book, he listed Jane Collie Grubbs as her mother but they did not marry until 1841.
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      1900 Census lists her having 8 children with 2 living.
      She is living with Jess H (son) & Missouri Keeling Gibson.
      Birth year stated as May 1834, widowed
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      Family links:
      Parents:
      Newit Edwards (1801 - 1889)

      Children:
      Jess Henry Gibson (1852 - 1926)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Inscription:
      103 yrs

      Burial:
      Macedonia Church of Christ Cemetery
      Mayfield
      Graves County
      Kentucky, USA
      GPS (lat/lon): 36.72332, -88.71287

      Maintained by: Mrs Fenton
      Originally Created by: Kathy Thompson
      Record added: Oct 31, 2011
      Find A Grave Memorial# 79664148
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  • Sources 
    1. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.

    2. [S48] See Notes.