Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Barren County.

CYRUS EDWARDS was born March 12, 1846, in Barren County, where he grew 
to manhood.  In 1867 he moved to Colorado. There, and in Kansas and New 
Mexico, he remained for about five years, after which he returned to 
Barren County, where he has since resided. He has traveled considerably, 
having visited eighteen States and four Territories.  He was a member 
during the war of Company L, Seventh Kentucky Cavalry, with which he 
served about twenty months as orderly sergeant, after which that 
regiment was consolidated with the Sixth, in Company F of which he 
served for three months, first as orderly sergeant and latterly as first 
lieutenant. He was in the battles of La Fayette, Hopkinsville, Calhoon, 
Resaca and West Point (Ga.), Selma, Plantersville and Scottsville 
(Ala.), besides a large number of minor battles and skirmishes. His 
father, Alexander Edwards, was born January 16, 1810, also in Barren 
(now Metcalfe) County, Ky. He was a farmer and for about fifty years a 
consistent member of the Christian Church.  He was a son of Cader 
Edwards, who as born in Greenbrier County, Va., and came to Kentucky by 
way of the "Wilderness Route." He stopped for a time at Bryan's Station, 
after which he located for a time at Newport, (of which he is among the 
earliest settlers) and in 1798 he came to Barren County, where he 
resided until his death, which occurred about 1855. He was a son of 
Cader Edwards, who was a native of Wales. Alexander Edwards has been 
three times married; first about 1829 to Judith Polston who bore him one 
daughter - Arminta (Ferguson). His second marriage occurred in 1833 to 
Julian Chism, who bore him nine children of whom Cyrus, George H., and 
Ermine Y. (Edwards) are still living. In 1860 his third marriage took 
place with Angelina Edwards.  To them five children were born:  Anna C. 
(Dickinson), James T., Biddy, Ellen and Alexander. Cyrus Edwards was 
married, December 20, 1877, to Cinderella, daughter of Nathaniel and 
Cynthia (Keller) Crain, the former being probably the oldest man now 
living in Barren County.  Mr. Edwards is the father of three children:  
Louis, Florence and Eva.  Mr. Edwards started almost at the bottom of 
the ladder of life, but by persevering industry has become the owner of 
a fine farm of well improved and productive land in a fine state of 
cultivation.  He is not at present connected with any church 
orgnaization, is one of the best surveyors of his section, and 
politically is a Republican.

Bryan Chism Crain Dickinson Edwards Ferguson Keller Polston
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CO Greenbrier-VA KS Metcalfe Newport-Campbell NM Scottsville-AL Wales 
West Point-GA

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