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Edwards, James Thomas – Edwards, Jonathan

Edwards, James Thomas

educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1838, in New Jersey. He is a methodist clergyman and educator of Baltimore; and the author of The Grass Family; The Voice Tree; and The Silva of Chautauqua Lake.

Edwards, John

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1837 to 1843.

Edwards, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1843. He died June 25, 1843, in Chester, Pa.

Edwards, John

legislator, United States senator. He was a member of the Kentucky legislature from Fayette county in 1781, 1782, 1783 and 1785; and was a commissioner who chose the seat of government at Frankfort in 1785. He was United States senator from Kentucky from 1792 to 1795. He died in 1837 in Bourbon county, Ky.

Edwards, John

legislator, United States senator, was born in 1755 in Virginia. He was a member of the state convention of Virginia which ratified the federal constitution, and was one of the first two senators from Kentucky.

Edwards, John

poet, was born April 15, 1806, in Wales. He was a Welsh poet who came to America in 1828, and settled in central New York. He was long prominent among Welsh residents of the United States, and published two volumes of verse, The Crucifixion; and The Omnipresence of God. He died Jan. 20, 1887, in Rome, N. Y.

Edwards, John

lawyer, state legislator, was born Oct. 24, 1815, in Jefferson county, Ky. He was a member of the legislature of Indiana from 1845 to 1849, and filled numerous other offices of honor.

Edwards, John C

congressman, governor. He was a representative in congress from Missouri from 1841 to 1843; and governor of that state from 1844 to

Edwards, John Ellis

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 1, 1814, in Guilford county, N. C. He is a methodist clergyman of Richmond, Va., and the author of Life of John Wesley Childs; Random Sketches and Notes of European Travel; The Confederate Soldier; and Log Meeting-House.

Edwards, Jonathan

clergyman, author, was born May 26, 1745, in Northampton, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman of great ability who was president of Union college. He was the author of Treatise on Liberty and Necessity; and Discourses on the Atonement. He died Aug. 1, 1801, in Schenectady, N. Y.

Edwards, Jonathan

lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Sept. 7, 1798, in Hartford, Conn. He practiced for many years in Hartford, where he held the office of judge of probate. About 1840 he removed to Troy, N. Y., of which city he was subsequently chosen mayor. He was also several times elected to the state legislature. He died Aug. 23, 1875, in New Haven, Conn.

Edwards, Jonathan

clergyman, college president, was born July 19, 1817, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has filled pastorates in the presbyterian churches in Ohio, Kentucky, New Jersey and Maryland; and from 1855-57 was president of Hanover college. He died July 13, 1891, in Peoria, Ill.