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Revised 27 May 2008
You are cordially invited to attend
The Annual Daniel Edson Reunion
Bethany - Harrison County - Missouri
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2008
Saturday
August 2
Community Center
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2008
Sunday
August 3
Community Center
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12:00 Noon Edson Tours
1:00 P.M. Registration & Sign-ups
2:00 P.M. Games and Contests
4:30 P.M. Home Made Ice-cream & Cake
7:00 P.M. Dutch Treat Evening
All members are invited to attend the Dutch-treat
Evening. Share input into future of DER.
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Highlighting
Descendants of
12th Child of Daniel & Rachel Ann
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10:00 A.M. Registration, View displays
and memorabilia, update your
genealogical data.
12:00 P.M. Catered Buffet Dinner
1:30 P.M. Recognition, Awards, Remembrances
Group & Generation Pictures
2:30 P.M. Business
Entertainment & White Elephant Auction
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Sarah Ann Edson, the baby of the family, was eight years of age when the family immigrated by covered wagon to Missouri. She was fourteen when the Civil War started and shared the hardships of the frontier pioneers during those tragic years.
Frank enlisted in the Union Army at Eagleville, MO on August 8, 1862 passed his physical a week later at Trenton, MO and was discharged near Washington D. C. on June 10, 1865.
Sarah and Frank were married 18 Jan 1866 and moved in with her parents. Seven children were born to this union. When Daniel’s health began to fail they took over the farming operation.
Sometime later Frank and Sarah desired to immigrate to Kansas. The old Edson homestead was sold and Rachel Ann moved to the home of her son, Alonzo Smith Edson.
Frank and Sarah tried to put roots down in Kansas, but due to crop failures time after time in that arid savage country, returned several times to Harrison County to accumulate a new stake. In 1890 they were living on a farm near Halstead, Kansas.
Frank died in 1910 while Sarah lived till 1936 and saw the birth of her 39 grandchildern and 51 of her 95 great-grandchildren.
Frank and Sarah are burried in the Morris Chapel Cemetery north of Bethany, Missouri.
Their oldest son, Daniel - MO; Rachel - KS, Mary Rosena, William Asbury - Edson Cemetery; Mabel Olive - Logston Cemetery, nr Brooklyn, MO; Dorce Wesley - Woodlawn Cemetery, OK; Oda Ethel - Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, nr Bethany, MO.
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1836-1910
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Sarah Ann
1848-1936
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Please check DER ShareData files . Is your family data current?
Have your pioneer photos scanned into the DER data base so they can be shared with other members of the family..
Pickup a copy of "The Daniel Edson Story Continues”
Your reservation will cover the cost of the meals, a tip for the servers, use of the hall (2 days) and the Report of the 2008 Reunion.
Entertainment: If you have a talent you would like to share with the group, please let us know and we will find a place on the program for you.
White Elephant Auction: We always have fun with the “White Elephant Auction” so bring along any item(s) you would like to donate to the Reunion and we’ll auction them off.
All proceeds will help with the expenses of the Reunion and maintaining the family data.
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Daniel Edson Reunion 2008
This year is our 55nd annual reunion celebrating the Daniel Edson clan move from Coles County, Illinois to Harrison Co. Missouri in 1854-59.
We hope all branches will make an extra special effort to take part in our annual get-to-gather this year especially the direct family nembers of Sarah Ann (Edson) and Frank Shumard.
Saturday - August 2th
You are invited to enjoy the Edson Tour:
A 1 1/2 hour tour of "The Edson Community," visit the sites that our pioneer ancestors called home and the cemeteries where some of them now rest. Guide, Jack Hodge will leave the Community Center at 12:00 noon.
Registration at 1:00 pm, Games and Contests - 2:00 to 4:15 - Prizes!
Homemade Ice Cream and cake at 4:30 p.m.
We will provide a big tub of ice to cool down your favorite soft drink.
We will have a Dutch Treat meal at 7:00 p.m. followed by a discussion of the future of the Daniel Edson Reunion.
Things to See and Do in Your free time in Bethany
1. Harrison County Genealogy Library
2. Harrison County Historical Museum
3. Two Parks, Memorial Park
Prentiss Park at 14th & Beekman.
4. Bethany Municipal pool.
5. Edna Cuddy Memorial House and Gardens, built in 1882.
6. Public fishing Bethany's City lakes.
Photo Search
We are searching for pictures and other memorabilia of our pioneer ancestors before 1900.
Family Updates
The completion of the form enclosed will help us keep family information as current as possible. We are continually adding to our computer file and making yearly reports of genealogical growth. Your help is much appreciated.
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Daniel Thomas Rachel Ann
Edson Needham
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The First Daniel Edson Reunion
The first Daniel Edson Reunion was held at the Lake Contrary Park in St Joseph, Missouri in 1954. It was held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Daniel Edson Clan beginning the move from Coles County, Illinois to Jefferson Township, Harrison County; MO in 1854/55.
Annual reunions were held in St Joseph in 1955, '56 and '57. In 1957 it was voted to have two groups, one in St. Joseph and the other in the Memorial Park in Bethany. The one in St. Joseph has discontinued but we have continued to have a Reunion close to Bethany, Harrison Co., Missouri since 1958.
Come and enjoy meals, displays and fellowship with other members of the Daniel Edson extended family.
The Lucas Family,
(branch of the Elizabeth Ann line)
19th annual reunion
Clasby Center
Savannah, MO
June 22
Call Donna Lane (#43561) - 816-689-2623.
The Lewis / Rippy families
(branch of the Elizabeth Ann line)
2008 Reunion
Baptist Church
Tarkio, MO
June 28th
Meat & drink provided - Bring side dish.
Call: Jennifer Romines - 660-736-5262
or Jill Gilson 712-382-1460.
If you are in the area I know they would love for you to drop in for a quick visit.
If your branch of our Daniel Edson Clan is having a Reunion please let us know and we will help anyway we can.
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