William Sherman Edens

Family

• Parent: Elijah Edgar Edens
• Parent: Sarah Avaline “Sallie” Ely
• Spouse: Frances Jane Louthan Edens
• Child: Clyde Dewey Edens
• Child: Joseph Thomas “Joe” Edens
• Child: Bonnie Belle Edens (Spires)
• Child: Simeon Patton “Pat” Edens
• Child: Della Matilda Edens (Combs)
• Child: William Morgan Edens
• Child: Herbert Loren Edens
• Child: Nannie Elizabeth Edens (Jones)
• Child: Kermit Elijah Edens
• Child: Sterling Robert “Sterl” Edens

Brothers and sisters

• Elijah Grant Edens
• Hiram Edens
• Mary E. (Edens) Lawson
• Matilda Arlena (Edens) Yeary
• Nancy (Edens) Estep
• Rhoda (Edens) Chadwell
• Sarah (Edens) Lemons
• Simeon Patton Edens

Details

• Born: May 19, 1872, Lee County, Virginia
• Died: January 17, 1967, aged 94
• Buried: Louthan Cemetery, Hancock County, Tennessee

What we know

Father of Kermit and his nine brothers and sisters.

The Edens Cousins group is made up of his descendants.

These dates come from a Find a Grave mirror (single source) — not yet confirmed by a second source.

Warning: the DAR database holds a different William Sherman Edens (born December 8, 1893, Ewing, Lee County, Virginia; died May 30, 1978, Middlesboro, Kentucky; wife Ida Sarah Yeary) — do not merge him with ours.