Thomas Edwards heirs to seek property recovery: Joel F. Webb of Birmingham, an heir, retained as legal adviser at the conferences of 17 April 1925
18 April 1925 · The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.)
Named here: Joel Franklin Webb, P. M. Carlisle and T. C. McCain of Birmingham, Felix W. Carlisle of Greenville, S. C., John H. Edwards of St. Louis; W. T. Edwards of Greenville, S. C.; Arthur Edwards of Mount Pleasant, W. Va.; Mrs. Lucy K. Walrath of New Richmond, Ohio
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THOMAS EDWARDS HEIRS TO SEEK PROPERTY RECOVERY
Five Thousand Descendants Figure In Case
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., April 17.—Final plans for a concerted drive by 5,000 heirs of Thomas Edwards, who died in England about 1785, to recover a heritage in the Wall street district of New York city, including Trinity church, were perfected here today following a series of conferences lasting all week.
Joel F. Webb, Birmingham and heir of Thomas Edwards, was retained as legal adviser and authorized to push the claims of the heirs, who are scattered to all parts of the United States. Those attending the conferences were John H. Edwards, St. Louis; W. T. Edwards and Felix W. Carlisle, of Greenville, S. C.; Arthur Edwards, Mount Pleasant, W. Va.; Mrs. Lucy K. Walrath, New Richmond, Ohio, and P. M. Carlisle and T. C. McCain, of Birmingham.
Mr. Webb expects to go to New York within a short time to press the claims of the heirs.
Citation: "Thomas Edwards Heirs to Seek Property Recovery: Five Thousand Descendants Figure in Case," a Birmingham dispatch dated 17 April, The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), Saturday 18 April 1925, p. 2; image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020645/1925-04-18/ed-1/?sp=2).
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| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Franklin Webb | Residence | "Joel F. Webb, Birmingham", April 1925 | Birmingham, 1920 and 1930 | agrees |
| Joel Franklin Webb | Occupation; the Edwards claim | Retained as legal adviser by the Edwards heirs at conferences at Birmingham in the week ending Friday 17 April 1925, himself "heir of Thomas Edwards"; to go to New York to press the claims | The heirs' periodical of 1925 records his selection as attorney and calls him "an heir" (doc:1925-edwards-heirs-joel-franklin-webb) | agrees (the date of the conference new) |