TROUP COUNTY, GA - BIOS  W.P. Edmonson

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Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., pages 916-917
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895


TROUP COUNTY

W.P. Edmonson, retired farmer, LaGrange, Troup Co., Ga., son of
William and Dinah (English) Edmonson, was born in Greene
county, Ga., in 1829.  His paternal grandfather, Philip
Edmonson, was a native Virginian, came to Georgia in an ox-cart
in the latter part of the last century, and settled in Greene
county.  He settled in the woods, and the family lived in tents
until cabins could be built.  He was a soldier in the last war
with Great Britain.  Mr. Edmonson’s father was born in Greene
county in 1802, was reared on the farm, and was a soldier
during the Indian troubles of 1836.  Mr. Edmonson was reared a
farmer, and was educated at the common schools of the county,
and taught school himself for five years.  Soon after attaining
manhood he married, and moved to Heard county, Ga., and settled
on a farm.  In 1862 he enlisted in Company K - Capt. Speer -
Fifty-sixth Georgia regiment, and served until the siege of
Vicksburg, during which he was taken sick and sent home.  In
1863 he was elected sheriff and held the office four years,
much to his pecuniary disadvantage, as no fees or costs could
be collected, and he received nothing for his services.  In
1868 he removed to Troup county and settled at Antioch, where
he engaged in merchandising, established a good business and
was very prosperous.  Five years afterward he moved to
LaGrange, and bought the farm he now owns and lives on.  He was
elected justice of the peace during his residence at Antioch
and served as such nearly all the time he was there.  His farm,
one of the best improved in the county, lies partly within, but
mostly outside the corporate limits; his residence, a very
elegant one, being within the city limits.  He began life after
the war with nothing; has been remarkably successful both in
his farming and mercantile business, and has accumulated quite
a large property.  Mr. Edmonson was married in 1857 to Miss
Sarah A. Birdsong - born and raised in Oglethorpe county, Ga.,
daughter of George W. and Serena (Jackson) Birdsong, by whom he
has had six children: Edwin B., Lola, Frank, Anna M., George
R., and Albert O.  Mr. Edmonson was made a Mason soon as he
attained manhood, and himself and wife are devoted members of
the Baptist church.