Caro, Biographies, Indian Fields, Tuscola Co., MI

This history was extracted from "History of Tuscola and Bay Counties, Mich.
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of their Prominent Men 
and Pioneers", published in Chicago by H. R. Page & Co. (1883), p. 93-104

This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.



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 RUFUS P. EDSON, of the firm of Black & Edson, attorneys, was born September 
16, 1841, in Olive, Ulster County, N. Y. He received a part of his education at 
Franklin Literary Institute, Franklin, Delaware County. In 1859 he commenced the 
study of law, reading for a year in the office of Judge Gleason, at Delhi, and 
for two years in Henry R. Mygett's office, at Oxford, N. Y. He then enlisted in 
the One Hundred Forty-fourth New York Infantry, in which regiment he was color 
sergeant for six months, when he was promoted to a second lieutenantcy, 
receiving his commission from Governor Horatio Seymour. He served two years with 
the regiment and was in a number of engagements. On his return to New York State 
he again studied law under Henry Vanderlyn, (one of the oldest lawyers in the 
State) in the office of Mr. Mygett. In 1865 he was admitted to the bar at a 
general term of the supreme court, held at Binghampton. After his admission he 
went West, living in the city of Minneapolis, Minn., for about a year, and 
practicing law at Sank Center, Steams County, for another year, and then removed 
to Kalamazoo, Mich., where he was a partner of Judge Hawes for five years. In 
1874 he came to Tuscola County, locating at Unionville, and the following year 
removed to Caro. In 1876 he was elected prosecuting attorney, and held the 
office by re-elections until January 1, 1888. The Caro Advertiser and Citizen 
said of him, about the conclusion of his term of office: "He has made an 
acceptable official, and to his credit be it said, that during the last term of 
court the criminals who transgressed the law were as vigorously prosecuted as 
during his first term. When satisfied of the guilt of persons, he has been a 
terror in ferreting out and punishing them." At the close of his term of office 
he formed a partnership with the Hon. C. P. Black. He is a man of family, having 
a wife and two sons.