James Bassett Edson

James Bassett Edson

Male 1855 - 1941  (85 years)


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  • Name James Bassett Edson  [1, 2
    Birth 5 Sep 1855  , Dane, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Mar 1941 
    Person ID I12741  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Oliver Stewart Edson,   b. 1 Aug 1813, Stockbridge, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1897, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Henrietta Alden,   b. 15 Feb 1821, Madison, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1907, Burchard, Pawnee, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1841  Stockbridge, Madison, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F3758  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma Lillian Thomas,   b. 26 Feb 1858, Stanton, Goodhue, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1928 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 30 Oct 1877  Wilber, Saline, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. James Oliver Edson,   b. 9 Sep 1878, Wilber, Saline, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1918, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. William Henry Edson,   b. 13 Dec 1879, Wilber, Saline, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1962 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Charles Leroy Edson,   b. 6 Sep 1881, Wilber, Saline, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. George Thomas Edson,   b. 2 Jan 1884, Marcus, Cherokee, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1972 (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Frederick K. Edson,   b. 10 Mar 1886, Cuba, Republic, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Henrietta Alden Edson,   b. 30 Dec 1888, Cuba, Republic, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Son Unknown Edson,   b. 25 Mar 1891   d. 26 Mar 1891 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Albert Borchers Edson,   b. 23 Dec 1892, Sacramento, Sacramento, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1967, Kerrville, Kerr, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F3645  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • He engaged in banking and mercantile pursuits and became the owner of considerable land in Kansas. He was one of the first business man in Cuba, Kansas, and opened the first bank. - Nathan Edson and His Descendents

  • Sources 
    1. [S349] Pedigree Resource File DVD 132, (Name: Name: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2007) PRF Submitter information: John Arthur FADDIS, 1964388-0820106161058 , 20 Aug 2006, 1160 Fern Pocatello Idaho 83201, USA, 208-232-2964 His email is given in New FS as: jaybird45@cableone.net;;).

    2. [S350] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.

    3. [S352] C. A. EDSON, Book - Edson Family History and Geneology.