Bio of Card, Edward M. (b.1828) Wabasha Co., MN
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Card, Edward M., attorney-at-law, Lake City, was born in Newport county,
in the State of Rhode Island, June 2, 1828. His parents, John L. and
Catharine B. (Mott) Card, moved to Otsego county, New York, in 1835. The
most of his early years were spent in the schoolroom, his leisure-time on
the farm with his parents. In October, 1849, he entered the law office of
Judge Thomas McIntosh, at Hartwick, New York, where he pursued the study
of law till his accession to the bar in July, 1852. In the fall of the
same year he opened an office in Portlandsville, in the same county, and
there practiced his profession till 1855. He then removed to Hartwick,
where he formed a law partnership with his old preceptor, Judge McIntosh.
In 1857 this partnership was dissolved, Judge Card continuing here in
practice till 1863. In the fall of this year he was elected judge of the
surrogate court of Otsego county, which then contained a population of
some fifty thousand. This was a sharp and closely contested election, and
he was returned with a small majority over his democratic competitor,
Judge McIntosh, and was the youngest man ever elected to that honorable
and important trust in the county. The same fall he removed to
Cooperstown, the county seat, and on January 1, 1864, entered upon the
discharge of his official duties. During the four years of Judge Card's
official career he creditably acquitted himself as a jurist eminently
fitted to sustain the high honor of the bench and bar. In the fall of 1867
he declined a renomination and resumed the legal practice without change
of residence till 1871, when he came west, settling in Lake City, where he
now resides. The seaon of 1872 was mostly spent by him looking after his
farming interests in Wisconsin. In March 1873, he opened a law office in
this city, and actively entered on his professp C which has since been
extended over five of six counties surrounding Lake City, on both sides of
the Mississippi. Much of his time during the past year has been spent away
from home, engaged in important trials, involving life, liberty and
property. The result of these trials has established for Judge Card the
reputation of being one of the leading lawyers of the state, and as such
has been prominently referred to by the local and city papers. In March,
1853, E. M. Card and Miss Eliza Halstead were united in marriage at
Westville, New York. Mrs. Card is the daughter of Rev. Henry Halstead, of
New York. They have one child, christened Jessie E., who graduated from
St. Mary's Academy, at Faribault, in June, 1882.