Biographical Sketch of Henderson Edwards - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Henderson Edwards, the subject of this sketch, is a merchant of Savannah,
Andrew County, MO.  He was born in Randolph County, IN., on December 4,
1839, and is the ninth son of ten boys born to William and Susanna (Small)
Edwards.  The father was born in North Carolina, in 1791.  He removed to
Ohio previous to his marriage, and from that State to Indiana.  In 1843 he
came to Andrew County, MO., of which he was one of the early settlers.  He
followed farming as a vocation, and was a prominent man throughout his 
life.  He served as judge in the common pleas court in Indiana for nineteen
years, and also represented Randolph County, IN., in the State Legislature;
he died in Andrew County, MO.  The mother was born in North Carolina in 
1801; she died in 1877.  Both parents were members of the Christian Church,
and were universally beloved as pious Christian citizens.  Henderson was
reared on a farm, and received a good practical education in the public
schools.  On leaving school he engaged in farming for two years, and after
spending two years in the State militia enlisted, in 1865, in the Federal
army, joining Company B, Four Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment of Missouri
Infantry, of which company, at its organization, he was elected first
lieutenant.  At the close of the war he returned to Andrew County, where
he engaged in various occupations until 1867.  He was then appointed post
master of Savannah, which position he held for two years.  Returning to
the farm he engaged in farming until 1879.  He then served for two years
as deputy county collector, and in 1880 was elected collector.  At the
end of his term he embarked in the hardware and implement business, in
which he is interested at present.  He was married in 1868 to Elizabeth
Lamasters, who was born in Kentucky in 1845.  They have had six children,
five of whom are living.