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Lewis was born March 4, 1832, the son of Samuel Edwards and Sarah C. Lewis.

He married Christina Catherine Gibbs on Feb. 12, 1855, in West Columbia, Mason County, West Virginia.  Christina was born March 24, 1837, in Virginia, the daughter of Zebulon Gibbs and Mariah Emiliza VanMeter.

Lewis died June 4, 1905 at West Columbia, and Christina died Mar. 24, 1906.  Both are buried in the Edwards Cemetery on Mission Ridge in Mason County.

Their children:

1.  Ruhamma Missouri Edwards, 11/24/1855-1/14/1929 (m. Thomas M. Dodson)
2.  Millard Filmore Edwards, 8/2/1857-1/22/1861 (aged 4 yrs.)
3.  Helen Jane Edwards, 11/19/1859-1926 (m. George Ohlinger)
4.  Nancy Virginia Edwards, 11/30/1860-2/21/1937 (m. Benjamin Thomas Lewis)
5.  Jonathan J.M. Edwards, 12/31/1862-8/2/1863 (aged 8 mos.)
6.  Christian C. Edwards, ?-5/20/1864 (baby)
7.  Mariah Almira Edwards, 6/6/1866-1929 (m. Andrew Johnson)
8.  Walter Edwards (m. Lillie Bass)
9.  William Allen Edwards, 4/19/1868-? (m. Permelia Fowler)
10. Arthur I. Edwards, 12/2/1871-1959 (m. Elizabeth Noble)
11. Rebecca E. Edwards, 9/7/1872-2/28/1876 (aged 4 yrs.)
12. Samuel D. Edwards, 7/22/1874-2/26/1876 (aged 2 yrs.)
13. W. W. Edwards, Aug. 1878-?
14. Ezra E. Edwards, 3/21/1881-4/21/1885 (aged 4 yrs.)

Other information about Lewis Edwards:

Occupation:  farmer
Residence:  West Columbia, Mason Co., WV
Close neighbors: George Rickard, John R. Edwards, Jonathan Pullin, and Isaac A. Lewis (who reported having served in
    the same regiment and company with Lewis Edwards).

Enlisted:  December 10, 1863, at West Columbia, and was Corporal until February 20, 1865, then promoted to Sergeant.
Discharged: June 22, 1865, at Wheeling, West Virginia

Description:  black eyes, black hair, dark complextion, 5'10 1/2" tall

Lewis Edwards complained of "rheumatism of the back or of his back hurting him" after his discharge.  Pension records say he was "disabled by disease of back incurred about Oct. 1864 at or near Cedar Creek."

Thanks to Bill Lewis, you can click here to read the transcription of a letter Lewis Edwards wrote to his Uncle, Isaac Lewis, dated January 18, 1865, and sent from Cumberland, Maryland.  The original letter was lost in a fire many years ago.