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Edwards, Albert G – Edwards, Henry W

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 has been bank commissioner of Missouri; and sub-treasurer of the United States at St.

Louis. He died in 1892.

Edwards, Bela Bates

clergyman, author, was born July 4, 1802, in Southampton, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman, professor in Andover Theological seminary, and editor of the Bibliotheca Sacra. He published an Eclectic Reader; Biography of Self-made Men; and Memoirs of E. Cornelius. He died April 20, 1852, in Athens, Ga.

Edwards, Charles

lawyer, author, was born March 17, 1797, in England. He was a New York lawyer who was counsel to the British consulate. He was the author of The Juryman's Guide; Parties to Bills and Other Pleadings; 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. He died May 30, 1868, in New York city.

Edwards, Charles

journalist, was born July 6, 1846, in Springfield, Ill. In 1863 he filled a position in the commissary department of the United States army.

After the war he was an instructor in Bryant and Stratton's Commercial college in Springfield for a short time. He was connected with the Illinois State Journal, and at one time was one of the proprietors of the Illinois State Register.

Edwards, Charles Jerome

underwriter, was born May 8, 1866, in Wayne county, N. Y. In 1888 he became metropolitan manager of the Equitable Life Assurance society.

Edwards, Clarence J

physician, journalist, legislator, was born Oct. 3, 1858, in Springfield, Ark. He is principally known as the editor and owner of The Meridional of Abbeville, La., although he has attained prominence as a physician; and has been a representative of the Louisiana state legislature.

Edwards, Edgar S

farmer, stockman, was born March 4, 1839, in Buffalo, N. Y. For four years he was engaged in mining in Colorado; and four years at the same business in Montana. He moved to Idaho in 1867, where he has attained success in mining, farming and stockraising.

Edwards, Emory

naval engineer, author, was born in 1841 in Virginia. He is a naval engineer who served in the United States navy as assistant engineer in 1864-68. He is the author of A Catechism of the Marine Steam Engine; Modern American Locomotive Engines; Modern American Marine Engines, Boilers and Screw Propellers; and The Practical Steam Engineer's Guide.

Edwards, Francis S

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 28, 1818, in Norwich, Conn.

Removing to New York he was appointed a master in chancery in 1841 for the county of Chenango; in 1851 was elected surrogate of Chautauqua county; and in 1854 was elected to the thirty-fourth congress from New York.

Edwards, Hayden

merchant, lawyer, legislator, was born in 1710. He was several times in the legislature from Stafford and Westmoreland counties, Va.

EDWARDS, HENRY PIERREPONT, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1809. He was a judge of the supreme court of New York for over seven years, and sustained a high reputation for independence and legal ability. He died Feb. 24, 1855, in New York city.

Edwards, Henry W

lawyer, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born in 1779 in New Haven, Conn. He was a representative in congress from 1819 to 1823; and United States senator from 1823 to 1827. He was a member of the state senate in 1828 and 1829; speaker of the Connecticut house of representatives in 1830; and governor in 1833, and from 1835 to 1838. He died July 22, 1847, in New Haven, Conn.