Faxon, Edgar Wade
lawyer, journalist, legislator, was born Jan. 22, 1857, near Plano, Ill. He attended the common schools and colleges of Normal and Naperville, Ill., and graduated in the Latin scientific course, and from the Chicago College of Law. He served with distinction as a member of the thirty-fifth general assembly of Illinois; and was chairman of the committee of agriculture. He was the owner and publisher of The Journal of Amboy, Ill., during 1879-81; and since 1880 has owned and conducted a farm at Fox, Ill. He is now the owner and editor of the Kendall County News of Plano, Ill.; and is a prominent and able lawyer of that city.