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engaged in that work at Plover, Portage county, Stevens Point, and Grand Rapids. While thus employed he was in 1859 elected professor of latin and Greek at Carroll college of Waukesha, Wis. He died Feb. 6, 1866, in Plover, Wis. Edwards, John, congressman, was born in New York. In 1837-39 he was a representative from New York to the twenty-fifth congress. He died April 8, 1894, in Ephratah, N.Y. Edwards, John, legislator, United States

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senator. He was a member of the Kentucky state legislature in 1781-85; and was a commissioner who chose the seat of government In 1781-95 he was at Frankfort in 1785.

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United States senator from Kentucky. He died in 1837 in Bourbon county, Ky. Edwards, John, congressman. In 1839-43 he was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh congresses. He resided in Ivy He died June 25, 1843, in ChesMills, Pa.

and the university of Holton, Kan. In 1892 he located in Laurel county, Ky. and is engaged in manufacturing and the wholesale lumber business. He was clerk and master commissioner of the Laurel circuit court in 1898-1903. In 1905-11 he was a representative from Kentucky to the fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses. Edwards, Emory, naval engineer, author, was born in 1841 in Virginia. He served in the United States navy as assistant engi;

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lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 2S, 1818, in Norwich, Conn. He was appointed a. master in chancery in 1841 for the county of Chenango, N.Y.; and in 1851 was elected surrogate In 1855-57 he was of Chautauqua county. a representative from New York to the thirHe died in Chenango ty-fourth congress. county, N.y. Edwards, George Wharton, artist, author, was born in 1859 in Fair Haven, Conn. He is an artist and writer of short stories of Plainfield, N.J. He is author of Thumb-Nail Sketches; The Rivalries of Long and Short Codiac; and Break o' Day and Other Stories. Edwards, Harry StUlwell, journalist, author, was born April 23, 1855, in Macon, Ga. In 1887-88 he was editor of the Evening News and Sunday Times of Macon, Ga. He is the author of Two Runaways and Other Stories; Sons and Fathers; and The Marbeau Cousins. Edwards, Henry Pierrepont, lawyer, jurFor seven years he ist, was born in 1809. was a judge of the supreme court of New York. He died Feb. 24, 1855, in New York S.,

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Edwards, Henry Waggaman, lawyer, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born in 1779 in New Haven, Conn. In 1819-23 he was a representative to the sixteenth and seventeenth congresses; and in 1823-27 he was United States senator. He was a member of the state senate in 182829; speaker of the Connecticut house of representatives in 1830; and the tenth governor in 1833-34 and 1835-38. He died July 22, 1847, in New Haven, Conn.

Edwards, James Thomas, educator, clergyman, state senator, author, was born Jan. During^ 1870-92 6, 1838, in Barnegat, N.J. he was president of Chamberlain institute of Randolph, N.Y.; and since then principal of McDonogh school of Maryland. He served three terms in the state senate of Rhode Island. He is the author of The Grass Family; The Voice Tree; The Silva of Chautau-

qua Lake; and Pen and Picture. Edwards, Jesse, clergyman, educator, was born Feb. 21, 1819, in Elmira, N.Y. In 1850 he went to Wisconsin as a missionary; and

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Edwards, John, poet, was born April 15, He was long prominent 1806, in Wales. among Welsh residents of the United States. He was the author of two volumes of verse, The Crucifixion; and The Omnipresence of God. He died Jan. 20, 1887, in Rome, N.Y. Edwards, John, soldier, statesman, was born Oct. 24, 1815, in Jefferson county, Ky. In 1845-49 he served in the Indiana state In 1849 he became alcalde in legislature. California. In 1852 he again become a member of the Indiana state senate; and in 1855 became a member of the constitutional convention of Iowa. In 1856-60 he served in the Iowa state legislature; and the last two years was speaker of the house. In 1861 he joined in the civil war; and in 1864 was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1871 he was elected a representative from Arkansas to the forty-second congress, but did not serve. Edwards, John C, congressman, governor, was born in Chester, Pa. He received a liberal education. In 1830-37 he was secretary of state; and in 1837 was judge of the supreme court. In 1841-43 he was a. representative from Missouri to the twenty- seventh congress. In 1844-48 he was governor He died Sept. 14, 1888, in of Missouri. Stockton, Cal. Edwards, John Ellis, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 1, 1814, in Guilford county, N.C. He was the author of Life of John Wesley Childs; Random Sketches and Notes of European Travel; The Confederate SolHe died in dier; and Log Meeting-House. 1891 in Lynchburg, Va. Edwards, John H., clergyman, public official, state senator, was born Jan. 6, 1846, in West Greenwich, R.I. He was educated at the Greenwich seminary; and at the Connecticut literary institution. He is an emihas been nent clergyman of Exeter, R.I. town clerk; school commissioner; superin;