Bio of Edwards, William H. (b.1855) Wabasha Co., MN
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Edwards, William H., contractor, Wabasha, was born in Ogdensburg, New
York, November 16, 1855. His father, Daniel Edwards, was of English
descent, born in Maine, and a Methodist in religion. His mother, Ella
Edwards, was a native of Ireland, and a Roman Catholic. The first sixteen
years of his life were spent in his native town, and he then set out to
make his way in the world. He engaged in various laborious occupations,
and thus traveled about the country a great deal, being at one time
engaged in lumbering on the Truckee river, in California. He became a
resident of this city in August, 1878, and has since been employed in
furnishing material for government Improvements on the Upper Mississippi.
He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and independent in politics. January 25,
1879, he was married to Isabel, daughter of Jacob Bush, a pioneer of this
city, elsewhere sketched, and has a fine home on Main street. Three
children grace his fireside, and have been christened Cora Belle, Gertrude
Ella, and Raymond William.