Andrew Lewis Edmondson1
b. 1 February 1881, d. 1 February 1950
| Birth | 1 Feb 1881 | Andrew Lewis Edmondson was born on 1 Feb 1881 in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas.3 |
| | He was not enumerated with his father and siblings in 1900 (his mother died in Dec. 1899). A later census indicated he had attended 2 years of college, probably explaining his absence in 1900. |
| Military | 12 Sep 1918 | Andrew registered for the WWI draft on 12 Sep 1918 at Little Rock, Arkansas. He gave his address as 204 Beach Street. Andrew worked for Bell Telephone Company as a "wire chief". He listed his nearest relative as his sister Annie Edmondson who resided at the same address.4 |
| Description | | The draft registration form described Andrew as 5 ft, 8 1/2 inches tall with a "stout" build.4 |
| | Andrew's younger brother Carl also registered for the draft. He too gave his address as 204 Beach Street and listed Andrew as his closest relative. |
| | Andrew and Carl's sister Annie died in 1919. The men's sister Margaret had died in 1912. |
| Marriage | | He married Vida (?).5 |
| Cens-1920 | 31 Jan 1920 | Andrew and Vida spent the first years of their marriage in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, where in 1920 they were 2 of over 70 people boarding at 420 Main Street. Andrew was employed a the district manager for the phone company.6 |
| Cens-1940 | 15 Apr 1940 | Some years later Andrew and Vida returned to Texas. The 1940 census recorded them in Houston and noted that they had lived at the same address in 1935. Their home was valued at $6,000 in 1940. Andrew continued to work for the phone company.5 |
| | Andrew's employer was Bell Telephone. He was superintendant of the commercial division at the time of his death.3 |
| Death | 1 Feb 1950 | Andrew died on 1 Feb 1950 at Buchanannon Dam in Llano County, Texas, at age 69.1,3 |
| Burial | | He was buried at Valley Mills Cemetery in Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas.1 |
Citations
- [S1777] Find A Grave Website (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : accessed Feb. 2013). Caldonia N. Edmondson memorial #46549294, Valley Mills Cemetery, Valley Mills, Bosque County, Texas (no headstone photo).
- [S2250] "Texas State Death Certificates", database with digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed Feb 2013). Andrew Lewis Edmondson certificate #7762; family information provided by Mrs. Vida Edmondson; father: Andrew L. Edmondson born Valley Mills, TX; mother unknown.
- [S2250] "Texas State Death Certificates", database with digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed Feb 2013). Andrew Lewis Edmondson certificate #7762; family information provided by Mrs. Vida Edmondson.
- [S1620] "World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918", subscription database with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com : Feb. 2013), Data for Andrew Lewis Edmondson, b. 1 Feb. 1881, resident 204 Beach St., Little Rock, Arkansas, employed by Bell Tel Phone Co.; nearest relative: sister Annie Edmondson, same address.
- [S3089] Andrew L. Edmondson household, 1940 U.S. cens., Harris Co., TX, pop. sched., Houston, ED 258-243, sheet 9-A, household 267, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2013. Household includes: Andrew L. Edmondson, 59, mar, completed 2 yrs college, owns home worth $6,000 at 2320 South B___ (same location in 1935), employed as _urveyor commercial Superintendant for telephone company; Vida Edmondson, wife, 40, completed 4 yrs high school, b. Arkansas.
- [S3087] Andy Edmondson household, 1920 U.S. cens., Jefferson Co., Arkansas, pop. sched., Pine Bluff, ED 135, sheet 16B, dwelling 279, family 343, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2013. Andy Edmondson and wife Vida were 2 of over 70 people enumerated as roomers at 420 Main St. Their entries read: Andy Edmondson, roomer, 39, marr, b. TX, father b. VA, mother b. Mississippi, district manager for telephone company; Vida, roomer, 22, marr, b. Arkansas.