Imperial County CA Archives Biographies.....Edwards, Josiah W. 1854 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

JOSIAH W. EDWARDS.—Over in Water District No. 8, in Brawley territory, the
critical observer will find forty acres of highly cultivated land, the property
of Josiah W. Edwards, a man who has achieved considerable and whose success has
been marked since his arrival in Imperial County in 1908. Mr. Edwards is very
appropriately classed among the pioneers of this county. He was born in Oregon
City, Missouri, June 13, 1854, the son of Josiah D. and Parmelia (Westfall)
Edwards, both having passed away and being buried in Portland, Oregon. The
family is of Welsh and English origin and dates back many years, the members of
which came to this country long before the Revolutionary war. During that
tempestuous period a number of Mr. Edward's grand-uncles fought in that war,
achieving fame owing to their valor during stormy conflicts. At least fifteen
cousins of Mr. Edwards' fought during the Civil war. Mr. Edwards received his
early education partly in Oregon and Washington, leaving school at the age of 19
years. Owing to his ambitious nature, the subject of this review immediately
after leaving school, followed farming, and later was affiliated with the
logging industry of the great Northwest until he came to Imperial County. Upon
his arrival here he settled on his present property and has gained wide
distinction in the dairy business and also as a raiser of poultry, which is
always in the thoroughbred class. Politically Mr. Edwards is a staunch Democrat.
He was married in Olympia, Washington, December 14, 1886, to Miss Mary Helen
McAllister, daughter of William and Agnes McAllister. The parents of Mrs.
Edwards have passed away and are buried in Centralia, Washington. Four children
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards: John Archer, born at Thurston County,
Washington, a cement worker; Mary Grace, wife of C. C. Foulk of Calipatria;
William Ernest, a soldier in the national army at Camp Kearny, California;
Millie Agnes, a student at the University of California.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918

Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco

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