Early Life
Haden Edwards was born in Stafford County, Virginia, on August 12, 1771. Haden was the son of John Edwards, Sr, who later became one of the first two U. S. Senators from Kentucky. Haden Edwards married Susanna Beall of Maryland and they had 13 children born in Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana & Georgia. One of his sons was Haden Harrison Edwards. In 1820 Haden Edwards and his brother Benjamin acquired a plantation near Jackson, Mississippi.
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