Caroline E. Bailey1

b. March 1846, d. after April 1910
MotherCatharine Bailey2 b. abt 1815
BirthMar 1846 Caroline E. Bailey was born in Mar 1846 in West Virginia.3 
Marriage27 Aug 1863 She married Martin Van Buren Edmondson, son of Col. Robert Buchanan Edmondson and Nancy Dysart Beattie, on 27 Aug 1863.4 
  Caroline's pension application filed many years later, reported that the couple were married in 1864 in Bristol Tennessee by Rev. Caldwell.5 
Cens-Sum1869 Martin and Carrie (as she was known) lived and farmed in the Glade Spring District of Washington County where they raised their only child, Margaret.6,7 
Cens-19004 Jun 1900  At the turn of the century the couple ran a hotel in Glade Spring where they also provided a home for their grandson, Edmondson Wright.3 
Cens-1910Apr 1910  Martin and Carrie sold the hotel before 1910. Martin did not list an occupation that year, but Edmondson Wright was still living with them and he was employed doing "odd jobs."8 
Deathafter Apr 1910 Caroline died after Apr 1910.8 
Burial She was buried at Old Baptist Cemetery Annex in Washington County, Virginia.9 

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Martin Van Buren Edmondson b. 18 Jan 1841, d. 25 Mar 1918
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Citations

  1. [S124] David Trimble, Buchanan and Gillespie, p. 219; source not stated.
  2. [S3011] Family data, Claibourn Watkins Beatie and Flora (Bailey) Beatie, The Holy Bible, original held in 2012 by Smyth Co. Virginia Genealogical Society, digitized online at http://smythcountygs.org/Family_Bibles.html. Photo with inscription, "Kathrine Baily[,] Flora Beatie Mother."
  3. [S752] MVB Edmondson household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring, ED 108, sheet 3B, dwelling 60, family 63, viewed at Heritage Quest online, Sept. 2005. Enumeration includes: MVB Edmondson, 59, b. Jan. 1841, marr 37 yrs, hotel keeper; (cont. next page) Carrie Edmondson, wife, b. March 1846, 54, b. W. Va, parents b. W Va; marr 37 yrs, mother 1 child, 1 child living; Edmondson Wright, grandson, b. March 1882; Sidney Boyd, black, male, 25, b. June 1875, hotel porter; all except Carrie b. Va; also parents.
  4. [S124] David Trimble, Buchanan and Gillespie, p. 219. Trimble cites records belonging to Howard V. Jones as his source for information on the family of Robert Buchanan Edmondson and Nancy Dysart Beattie.
  5. [S917] State of Virginia, "Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows", digital images with index, The Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.lib.va.us). Carrie Edmondson data, downloaded Oct. 2008.
  6. [S635] M Edmondson household, 1870 U.S. cens, Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., 1st Division, p. 203187 (stamped), dwelling 274, family 291, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Aug. 2005, image 41 of 44. Enumeration includes: M. Edmondson, 29, farmer, owns real estate of $2,500, b. VA; Carrie, 26, keeping house, b. W Va; Maggie, 6, b. VA.
  7. [S165] Martin V. Edmondson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 94, page 67A (stamped), dwelling 251, family 254, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, Aug 2005, image 29 of 54. Enumeration includes: Martin V. Edmondson, 39, b. VA, parents b. VA; Carrie E., 35, wife, b. W Va, parents b. VA; Margaret E., 16, dau, b. VA, father b. VA; mother b. W Va.
  8. [S237] M. Van Edmondson household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring, ED 116, sheet 2A, dwelling 27, family 29, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2005. Enumeration includes: M. Van Edmondson, 69, marr #1, marr 46 yrs, no occupation listed; Carrie E., wife, 67, marr #1, marr 46 yrs, mother of 1 child, living, b. W. Va, father b. W. Va, mother b. NY; V. Edmondson Wright, grandson, 28, sgl, laborer at odd jobs; all other births VA.
  9. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 164. Stone reported to read: Mrs. Carrie B. Edmondson, w/o M.V. Edmondson, d. (illegible), age 83y (funeral marker).