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Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin; published in 1891; page 285.


                      C. J. EDWARDS, M. D.
                         Abbeville, LA
Dr. Edwards was born near Little Rock. Arkansas, October 13,
1858.  He is the son of Judge W. W. Edwards, whose sketchappears
above.   Dr. Edwards was reared and educated in New Orleans and 
first engaged in business in 1876 at Abbbeville in the
publication of the Vermilion Banner in conjunction with his
father.  In 1881 he entered the Kentucky School of Medicine,
remaining there one year.  In 1882-83 he attended the University
of Louisville, from which he graduated in 1883 at the head of his
class.  The same year he began the practice of his profession in
Chicot county, Arkansas, whence he went to New Iberia, remaining
one year, and then removed to Abbeville, where he formed a
partnership with Dr. F.F. Young, and with him he was associated
until January, 1888.  Dr. Edwards has a lucrative practice. He
was married October 7, 1887, to Miss Kate M. Young, daughter of
Francis D. Young, M. D., and Mathilde Guegon. They are the
parents of two sons, Harold G. and Mark H.   Dr. Edwards is
prominent in local affairs and is identified with the leading
interests of his locality. He is president of the local fire
department, member of the town council, and one of the directors
of the Abbeville Loan Association. He is health officer of Ver-
milion parish. In I89I he became associated with E. I. Addison
in the proprietorship of The Meridional.