Hulda Edwards is the daughter of Alpheus Edwards and Leah Shriner. She was born 16 Nov 1830 in Fairfield County, Ohio. She died 13 Nov 1897 -- just 3 days short of her 67th birthday -- in Washington, Paulding, Ohio. She is buried at Grover Hill, Paulding, Ohio.

On Christmas day, 25 Dec 1851, she married Henry Martin in Hancock County, Ohio. He was born 17 Aug 1817 in Pennsylvania. He died 26 May 1902 at age 84 in Jackson, Van Wert, Ohio.

Children of Hulda Edwards and Henry Martin:

1. Sarah Ann Martin was born 16 Oct 1852 in Ohio.
2. Katherine Martin was born in 1854. She died in 1855.
3. Hannah Martin was born 30 Jul 1856 in Ohio.
4. Alpheus Martin was born in Jul 1857 in Ohio. He died 27 Feb 1929 at age 61.
   • On 23 Oct 1878, he married Mary Ann Bish in Fulton county, Ohio. She is the daughter of Jacob Bish and Barbara Hiestand. She was born 4 May 1860/1861 in Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio. She died 11 Oct 1933 at age 72/73 in Washington, Paulding, Ohio. She was buried 13 Oct 1933 at Middle Creek Cemetery, Washington twp., Paulding, Ohio. Alpheus and Mary have no children.
5. Elizabeth Martin was born in 1858 in Paulding, county Ohio.
6. Solomon E. Martin was born 13 May 1860 in Ohio.
7. John C. Martin was born 5 Nov 1861 in Paulding, Ohio.
8. Minerva Martin was born 29 Feb 1864 in Paulding, Ohio.
9. Mary Jane Martin was born in 1866. She died in 1867.
10. Daniel Martin was born in May 1866 in Washington, Paulding, Ohio.
11. Joseph Henry Martin was born 4 Oct 1869 in Paulding County, Ohio.
12. Huldah Martin was born in 1872. She died in 1872.

Children of Alpheus Edwards (and their spouses) Back row (l-r) Christopher Grubb, ?, James Sites, Henry Martin, Jefferson Bunn, Harvey Edwards, ?, ?, Norman Edwards Front row (l-r) Elizabeth (Edwards) Grubb, Minerva (Edwards) Sites, Hulda (Edwards) Martin, Jeanette (Edwards) Bunn, ?, Luzetta (Blodgett) Edwards [Photo courtesy of Bobbie Jean Barron]

Notes

I have not yet found any documents to verify that Katherine, Mary Jane and Huldah (Jr.) actually exist.

Sources

Hulda:

• Birth, Death and Burial from her grave marker. (See also a close-up view.)
• Marriage from Marriages of Hancock County Ohio. 

Henry:

• Death from the Ohio Death Index [Name Henry Martin; Gender Male; Death Date 26 May 1902; Death Place Jackson Tp., Van Wert, Ohio; Age 84; Birth Date 1818; Birthplace Pennsylvania; Occupation Farmer; Race White; Marital Status Widowed; Indexing Project (Batch) Number B07120-0; System Origin Ohio-EASy; Source Film Number 1015858; Reference Number v 2 p 125 fn 11].

Mary Bish:

• Birth, Death and Burial from her death certificate [Name: Mary Ann Martin; Death date: 11 Oct 1933; Death place: Washington, Paulding, Ohio; Birthdate: 04 May 1860; Birthplace: Oh; Age at death: 73 years 5 months 7 days; Gender: Female; Marital status: Widowed; Race or color: Caucasian; Occupation: Housewife; Residence: Washington, Paulding, OH; Burial date: 13 Oct 1933; Cemetery name: Middle Creek Cemetery; Spouse's name: Alpheus Martin; Father's name: Jacob Bish; Father's birthplace: Oh; Mother's name: Barbara Heaston; Mother's birthplace: Oh; GSU film number: 1992980; Digital GS number: 4001887; Image number: 2817; Reference number: fn 58572; Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953; Informant: Mrs. Solomon Bish].

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Hulda: 1840 census. Blanchard, Hancock, OH. p. 9.
• Hulda: 1850 census. Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio. Page 809.
• 1860 census. Washington, Paulding, OH p. 39.
• 1870 census. Washington, Paulding, OH p. 7.
• Alpheus: 1880 census. German, Fulton, OH p. 23.
• Alpheus: 1900 census. Jackson, Van Wert, OH p. 6.
• Alpheus: 1910 census. Washington, Paulding, OH p. 1.