Edith G. Duke Williams

  General Notes:

The 1860 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., Va. records Henry Rawls (indexed as Ranly at ancestry.com) (43) with wife Edith (45) and children Richard (9) and Lem (1). Next door is John (59) and Charlotte (61) Rawls (indexed as Rauls at ancestry.com) on one side and David L. (60) and Edna (55) Milteer on the other.

The 1870 Federal Census for Holy Neck Township, Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., dated July 29, 1870 records Henry A. Rawls (52) and his wife Edith Rawls (54) with their 11 year old son, Julius T. Rawls. Henry has real estate valued at $1,000 and a personal estate valued at $300. Also in the household are domestic servant Angline Duke (23) and farm laborer Charles Cross (15), both black.

The 1880 Federal Census for Holy Neck Township, Nansemond Co., VA, District 54, page 88B, dated June 14, 1880 records the widower Henry A. Rawls (63) and his 21 year old son, Julius T. Rawls. Also in the household is Henry's sister, Bettie Rawls (50).

Edith married Henry Andrew Rawls, son of Andrew Rawls and Abigail Porter, circa 1858 in Nansemond Co., VA. (Henry Andrew Rawls was born on 14 Aug 1817 in Nansemond Co, VA, died on 6 Jan 1908 in Nansemond Co, VA. and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA..)