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honor in the civil war, being chief of ordnance in General Rosecrans's Tennessee campaign. He was promoted to major in 1867; and in 1869-70 was instructor in gunnery at West Point. He died Nov. 16, 1870, in Rock. Island,

111.

Edwards, Albert G., soldier, merchant, was born Oct. 15, 1812, in Lexington, Ky. In 1862 he was appointed commander of the St. Louis division of state guards; and for some time had command of the troops of St. Louis, Mo. He was bank commissioner of Missouri; and sub -treasurer of the United States at St. Louis. He died in 1892

Mo. Edwards, Arthur Robin, physician, author, was born June 23, 1867, in Chicago, 111. He in St. Louis,

has been in medical practice since 1891.

He

and practice of medicine and clinical medicine ;. and secretary of the Northwestern university medical school. He is the author of The Practice professor

is

principles

of

of Medicine.

Edwards, Bela Bates, clergyman, author, in Southampton, in Andover theological seminary; and editor of the Bibliotheca Sacra. He was the author of Eclectic Reader; Biography of Self-made Men; and Memoirs of E. Cornelius. He died April 30,

was born July 4, 1802, Mass. He was professor

1852, in Athens, Ga.

Edwards, Benjamin, farmer, merchant, congressman, was born in 1752 in Stafford county, Va. He was a member of the Maryland state legislature; and of the state convention which ratified the federal constitution. He was a member of congress from Maryland in 1794-95 to fill a vacancy. He died Nov. 13, 1826, in Todd county, Va. Edwards, Benjamin Stevenson, lawy€!r, state legislator, jurist, was born June 3, 1818, in Edwardsville, 111. In 1869-70 he was circuit judge of Sangamon county. 111.

He

died Feb.

4,

1886, in Springfield,

111.

Edwards, Caldwell, farmer,

legislator, congressman, was Jan. 8, 1841, in Sag Harbor, N.Y. Since 1864 he has been a successful farmer in Bozeman, Montana. He

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served three terms as a member of the Montana territorial legislature. In 1901-03 he was a populist representative from Montana to the fifty-seventh congress. Edwards, Charles, lawyer, author, was bom March 17, 1797, in England. He was a New York lawyer; and was counsel to the British consulate. He was the author of The Juryman's Guide; Parties to Bills and

Feathers from My Own Wings; Receivers in Chancery; Reports of Chancery Cases; Receivers in Equity; Referees; History and Poetry of Finger Rings; and Pleasantries about Courts and Lawyers.

Other Pleadings;

He

died

May

30, 1868, in

New York

City.

Edwards, Charles, educator, journalist, was born July 6, 1846, in Springfield, 111. In 1863 he filled a position in the commissary department of the LTnited States army. After the civil war he was an instructor in

Bryant and Stratton's commercial

college.

He was

at one time one of the proprietors of the Illinois State Register.

Edwards, Charles Gordon, lawyer, congressman, was born July 2, 1878, n Tattnall county, Ga. He was educated in the Gordon institute of Barnesville, Ga.; and at the uni-

He was versity of Florida in Lake City. director in several financial and business corporations. In 1907-11 he was a representative from Georgia to the sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a democrat. Edwards, Charles Lincoln, educator, au-

bom Dec. 8, 1863^ in Oquawka, 111. professor of natural history at Trinity In 1899 he was college of Hartford, Conn. president of the American folk-lore society. He is the author of Bahama Songs and thor,

He

was

is

Stories.

Edwards, Clarence Edgar, journalist, auwas born Nov. 15, 1856, in Staunton, Va. He is chief of the publicity bureau of the California promotion committee at San Francisco, Cal. He is the author of Camp-Fires of a Naturalist; Six Months in Hell; and Fallen Leaves. Edwards, Clarence Ransom, soldier, pubthor, naturalist,

bom Jan. 1, 1860, in CleveIn 1883 he graduated from the West Point military academy; and was commissioned second lieutenant of the twentythird infantry. In 1890-93 he was professor of military science and tactics at St. Johns college of Fordham, N.Y. In 1891 he became first-lieutenant; in 1898 was promoted to captain; and in 1899 became lieutenantcolonel. He participated in all of General lic official,

was

land, Ohio.

Lawton's campaigns; and was recommended

up to brigadier-general for distinguished gallantry. In 1902 he became a colonel in the United States army; and since that time has been chief of the bureau of insular affairs, directing all the publications of his bureau. for brevets

Edwards, Clark Swett, soldier, was bom In 1861 he became captain in the fifth regiment Maine infantry; and in 1865

in Maine.

was brevetted brigadier-general

of

volun-

teers.

Edwards, Cyrus, lawver, legislator, philwas born Jaii. 17, 1793, in Montgomery county, Md. He was frequently elected to the Illinois legislature, and was especially conspicuous as a friend of educaanthropist,

He was active in originating the Illistate normal school at Bloomington, and was for thirty-five years president of the board of trustees of Shurtleff college, to which institution he gave real estate valued at ten thousand dollars, besides other generous donations. He died in September, 1877, in Upper Alton, 111. tion.

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Edwards, David Calvin, manufacturer, congressman, was born July 13, 1861, in Appanoose county, Iowa. He was educated in the common schools of Iowa and Kansas,