County of Christian, Kentucky.  Historical and Biographical.  Edited by 
William Henry Perrin.  F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, p. 530.

CHARLES N. EDWARDS was born in Simpson County, Ky., March 4, 1837, and 
is a son of Henry N. Edwards, a native of North Carolina. He received a 
limited education in the common schools of the county, and removed with 
his parents to Graves County, where he remained until twenty-three years 
of age.  About the close of the war he came to this county, whre he has 
since resided.  He was married, in 1864, to Miss Belle Torian. They have 
four children:  Lily B., Charles M., Walter H. and Arthur T., all of 
whom are at home.  Mrs. Edwards died in 1880, and May 1, 1882, he 
married Miss Minnie E. Foard.  They are members of the Methodist Church 
- he is a member of the Church Hill Grange. [Union Schoolhouse 
Precinct].

Edwards Foard Torian
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Graves NC Simpson

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