Edwards, Ninian W
lawyer, legislator, was born April 15, 1809, near Frankfort, Ky. In 1834 he was appointed attorney-general of Illinois. In 1836 he was elected a representative in the legislature, and he served in the legislature, either in the senate or the house, from 1836 to 1852.
In 1854 he received the appointment of state superintendent of public instruction and was the first incumbent of that office.
During 1862-65 he was United States commissary with the rank of major. He wrote a History of Illinois and Ninian Edwards. He died Sept. 2, 1889.