Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Edwards, George 1811 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   GEORGE EDWARDS, one of the oldest settlers in Greene County, and a resident
of Beech Creek Township, was born in Surry County, N. C., March 3, 1811. His
parents were William and Delilah (Burch) Edwards, who bore a family of seven
children, with which they came to Greene County in May, 1822. George Edwards,
the subject of this sketch, received but little education, and that from the
subscription schools kept in the log houses of those frontier days. In his
starting out for himself, Mr. Edwards had the common misfortune of the day and
place—that of being poor. By his wife, whose maiden name was Laodicea Burch, he
is the father of eleven children—James. Sarah, Nancy, Martha, William H.,
Delilah J., George L., Samuel H., Mary E., Susan R. and Paris F. Their marriage
was solemnized December 22, 1831. By hard work and economical living, Mr.
Edwards has obtained a large competence, now owning about 700 acres of as good
land as is in Beech Creek Township, besides a great amount he has given his
children. His is probably the best improved farm in his township. Both he and
his wife are members of the Baptist Church at Hebron, and are universally respected.

Additional Comments:
Beech Creek Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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