Newhanover-Duplin-Onslow County NcArchives Obituaries.....Edwards, James Z September 12, 1890
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Wilmington Messenger, 17 Sep 1890
DEATH OF MR. J. Z. EDWARDS

We regret to announce that Mr. James Z. Edwards died last Friday in Washington 
Territory.  He was a native of this city, the son of Jacob Edwards, formerly 
of the firm of Edwards & Hall.

Two years ago he and his brother Frank went to Southern California for his 
health.  He was on a visit to friends in Washington when he died.  He was 
bookkeeper for a W. E. Springer & Co. for a term, and was an excellent young 
man.  We suppose he was about 23 years of age.

Additional Comments:
James Zwinglius Edwards was born c.1866 to Jacob J. Edwards and his wife, 
Elizabeth Pearsall Sheffield, originally of Duplin County, NC.

Jacob J. Edwards was the senior partner of the firm of Edwards & Hall in 
Wilmington, NC.  Benjamin Franklin Hall was the junior partner of the 
company.  About 1874, Jacob moved his family to the Tar Landing community of 
Onslow County to oversee a “satellite” operation of the business.  Shortly 
after returning to Onslow County, from the World Exposition in Philadelphia, 
PA, Jacob, died of typhoid fever, in May of 1876.

After the dissolution of the business, B. Frank Hall provided the widow 
Edwards and her five minor children with $30,000, her husband’s share in the 
firm.  This provided his mother and four siblings, with enough money to 
purchase a small but comfortable home in Kenansville, NC.  However, Elizabeth 
P. Edwards was sickly, and died of “consumption” (tuberculosis) about 1878.

His oldest sister, Martha C. “Katie” Edwards, died of consumption about 1882.  
It was at this time that a suggestion was made to B. Frank Hall that the 
children should move to California for their health.  B. F. Hall sent both 
James Z. and his brother Frank Hall Edwards to the Riverside, CA area to work 
in the orange groves.  Later, the two youngest children would also relocate to 
California, Jacob Ella “Jakie”, and James Conway Hiden Edwards.

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