Typed by: Jan Shelfer


FEATHERSTON, EDWARD JOHN

Surnames: FEATHERSTON, THOMPSON, WARREN, BRYANT, LIVELY

Edward John Featherston, b. 1836 in Arkansas, date of death and place of burial unknown-was a son of Dr. Edward Hardiway and Julia Ann (Thompson) Featherston. Edward John Featherston was married first to Catherine Warren, who died in Missouri ca 1864. Edward John married second in 1864 to Parmeda (maiden name unknown), b. ca 1837 in Kentucky. The family came with his father to Falls County, Texas in 1870, settling in an area around present-day Chilton. The town did not exist at the time, but Durango was then a growing settlement a few miles away. Edward John was a merchant, and made trips to Louisiana and other places, to buy merchandise.

By his first marriage to Catherine Warren, Edward John had one son:

John Henry Featherston, b. April 11, 1892 in Missouri, who married Lou Annie Bryant-a daughter of John Wesley and Sarah (Lively) Bryant.

By his second marriage to Parmeda, Edward John had two known children:

Martha Featherston, b. 1865 in Missouri.

Edward Featherston, b. 1867 in Missouri.

Edward John Featherston was the first of three generations of merchants in the Featherston family in and around Chilton, in west Falls County.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing this bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County," compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 149, column 2.

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