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Candis Queen was born in August 1848 in Gibson County, Tennessee.  Candis Queen's father was Thomas D. Tyson and her mother was Matilda Crockett.  Her maternal grandparents were David "Davey" Stern CROCKETT and Elizabeth Patton. She had two brothers and a sister, named David, Benjamin Bruce and Mary E..  She was the youngest of the four children.  She died at the age of 70 in 1918 in Gibson County, Tennessee.  She was buried in Salem Methodist Church Cemetary, Good Luck, Gibson County, Tennessee.


Candis Queen's family with William Riley Edmundson

‌Candis Queen and William Riley were married in a religious ceremony about 1860 in Gibson County, Tennessee.  They had four sons and five daughters, named William, Bennie, Arthur, Luther, Martha Matilda, Ada, Sallie B., Rebecca V. and Lela.


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