Edwards, Bela Bates – Edwards, Morgan
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, Benjamin
farmer, merchant, congressman, was born in 1752 in Stafford county, Va. He was a member of the Maryland legislature; also of the state convention which ratified the federal constitution; and was a member of congress from Maryland from 1794 to 1795 to fill a vacancy. He died Nov. 13, 1826, in Todd county, Va.
Edwards, Benjamin Stevenson
lawyer, state legislator, jurist, was born June 3, 1818, in Edwardsville, Ill. In 1869 he was elected circuit judge of Sangamon county, Ill., but resigned after eighteen months' service, preferring the active practice of his profession. He died Feb. 5, 1886, in Springfield, Ill.
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, George Wharton
artist, author, was born in 1860 in Connecticut. He is an artist and writer of short stories living at Plainfield, New Jersey. His works are P'tit Matinic', and Other Monotones; Thumb-Nail Sketches; The Rivalries of Long and Short Codiac; and Break o' Day and Other Stories. In art he has treated principally Holland subjects; and has received numerous medals and diplomas.
Edwards, Harry Stillwell
journalist, author, was born in 1854 in Georgia. He is a journalist of Macon, Ga.; and the author of Two Runaways and Other Stories; and Sons and Fathers.
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.
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
theologian, author, was born Oct. 5, 1703, in East Windsor, Conn. From 1751 to 1758 he served as missionary to the Stockbridge Indians, and the last month of his life was president of the college of New Jersey, now Princeton university. His chief work is the celebrated Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will, a masterpiece of acute, precise, and original thinking. His other works include Notes on the Mind and Natural Science; The Religious Affections; Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit; Nature of True Virtue; God's Last End in the Creation; Treatise on Grace; Doctrine of Original Sin Defended; Inquiry into the Qualifications for Communion; Thoughts for the Revival of Religion; History of the Redemption; and Life of David Brainerd. He died March 22, 1758, in Princeton, N. J.
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.
Edwards, Julian
composer, was born Dec. 17, 1855, in England. He is the author of Brian Boru, which created a sensation on its production at the Broadway theater on Oct. 19, 1896, and established his fame as one of America's foremost composers of light opera. He has written many songs, notably a collection entitled Sunlight and Shadow.
Edwards, Justin
clergyman, author, was born April 25, 1787, in Westhampton, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman, prominent in the temperance movement. Beside a Sabbath Manual; and Temperance Manual, he published a great number of tracts. He died July 23, 1853, in Bath Alum, Va.
Edwards, Morgan
clergyman, author, was born May 6, 1722, in Wales.
He was one of the founders of Brown university; and the author of Materials Toward a History of the Baptists in Pennsylvania; and Materials Toward a History of the Baptists in New Jersey. He died Jan. 28, 1795, in Pencador, Del.