Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887,
Marion County.

IDA EDWARDS, the subject of this sketch, is a daughter of Henry D. and
Sallie C. (Payne) Edwards, parents of two daughters.  Henry D. Edwards
was born in Virginia, was brought to Marion County when a child and
received his education at St. Mary's College.  By self application and
industry he became one of the finest scholars in his part of the county,
and followed teaching for fifteen or twenty years.  He was married
December, 1849, after which he located on the banks of Rolling Fork,
three and one-half miles west of Raywick, on a farm of 600 acres, one-half
of which is under cultivation and improved with a large frame residence.
He also owned many slaves and about 1,000 acres in LaRue County, which he
disposed of before his death, as well as other property.  He lost his
parents when a child, after which he labored hard at the carpenter's trade,
having been reared by a Mr. McElroy, and began his life penniless.  He
died December 4, 1883, aged ninety years.  He was a son of Thomas Edwards,
who married Elizabeth Dent, both natives of Virginia, and among the first
settlers of Marion County.  Thomas Edwards was a carpenter by trade and of
English descent.  Sallie C. (Payne) Edwards was born in Marion County,
near Raywick, February 20, 1821.  She was a daughter of Richard and
Elizabeth (Carter) Payne, natives of Virginia, and among the first settlers
of Marion County.  Mr. Payne, of English origin, was a large farmer and
slave holder, and followed carpentering.  He died July 2, 1837 at the age
of fifty years.

Edwards Payne McElroy Dent Carter
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LaRue-KY VA

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