Paul Carrington Edmunds

1836 - 1899  (62 years)

• Name	Paul Carrington Edmunds
  Birth	11 Nov 1836
  	"Springwood", Halifax, Halifax Co., VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Mar 1899
  	(Banister) (Houston) Halifax, Halifax Co., VA
  Person ID	I38774	Bob Juch's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	John Richard Edmunds,   b. 26 Aug 1812   d. 8 May 1873 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mildred Carrington Coles,   b. 1 Mar 1820   d. 28 Dec 1889 (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Jan 1836	Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F14205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phoebe Ann Easley,   b. 18 Oct 1837   d. 13 Jul 1898, Lynchburg, VA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1859
  Children	1. William Holt Edmunds,   b. Cal 1867  [natural]   2. Henry Hurt Edmunds,   b. Dec 1870   d. 1958 (Age 87 years)  [natural]   3. John R. Edmunds,   b. Cal 1862  [natural]   4. Jr. Paul Carrington Edmunds,   b. Cal 1865  [natural]   5. James E. Edmunds,   b. Cal 1859  [natural]
  Family ID	F14227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Graduate of the University of Virginia. Received law degree from William & Mary 1857. Paul was a Lt. in the Confederate Army, served in the Virginia State Senate 1881-1888. Was elected Democrat to 51st, 52nd, and 53rd Congresses. Round Hill given by father John R. Edmunds in 1860. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1064&enc=1> about Paul Carrington Edmunds Name: Paul Carrington Edmunds Date of Death: 12 Mar 1899 Elected Office(s): Representative, Delegate Elected Date(s): 4 Mar 1889 State: Virginia Country: United States of America Biography: a Representative from Virginia; born at ''Springwood,'' the country estate, near Halifax Court House, Halifax County, Va., November 1, 1836; studied under a private teacher; was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1855, and from the law department of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1857; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Jefferson City, Mo.; returned to Virginia in 1859 and engaged in agricultural pursuits on his farm in Halifax County; served as first lieutenant, Company A, Montague's battalion, in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of the Virginia State senate 1881-1888; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894; died in Houston, Halifax County, Va., March 12, 1899; interment in St. John's Churchyard, Halifax, Va.