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Ambrose Newton Edwards & Young Mansfield Edwards
Submitted By: David Edwards
Ambrose Newton and Young Mansfield Edwards must have been very close to each other for a number of years. They both served in Company E of the 15th Alabama Infantry and both ended up as prisoners of war in Fort Delaware although they were captured at different times. On December 5, 1865 Ambrose and Young got married in a double wedding ceremony in Dale County, Alabama at the home of their parents, Ambrose Edwards and Emilene James Gaulding. Ambrose married Joanna Columbia Ardis and Young married Martha E. Ardis. Joanna and Martha were double first cousins, related through their mothers and fathers. In 1866 Ambrose, Joanna, Young, Martha and some of the Ardis family moved to Texas. This group of new Texans is supposed to have ended up in the Sulphur Springs area soon after arriving but I don't have any documentation of this. Ambrose and Joanna are in Hopkins County in the 1880 census but I don't know if they are shown there in the 1870 census or not. In the 1870's a third brother, William Archibald Edwards, also moved to Texas but not to Hopkins County. William had also served in the 15th Alabama Infantry.
Ambrose Newton Edwards lived in Hopkins County for a number of years and was County Clerk during part of the 1880's. Ambrose is mentioned on page four of the 1880 Sulphur Springs Fair schedule as the Judge of breads and cakes. Joanna Columbia Ardis was Ambrose Newton Edwards wife.
Ambrose was on the first Board of Regents for the University of Texas, served as first sergeant in Company E of the 15th Alabama Infantry during the Civil War and was a prisoner of war in Fort Delaware from July 1863 until June of 1865. Ambrose was captured on July 2, 1863 during the assault of Little Round Top during the battle of Gettysburg.
Young Mansfield Edwards also lived in Hopkins County and was in the mercantile business in Sulphur Springs. Young is mentioned on page two of the Sulphur Springs Fair schedule. Young and his wife are buried in Sulphur Springs City Cemetery.
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