Emanuel F. Edwards Biography


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	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 928, 929-930

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EMANUEL F. EDWARDS. Among the leading and highly respected citizens of 
Mt. Pleasant township, Clark county, who are indebted for their present 
prosperous condition to their own industry and energy, is the gentleman 
whose name introduces this sketch. He is now most successfully engaged 
in general farming on section 23, where from the wild prairie land he 
has developed a fine farm. 

Mr. Edwards was born in Steuben county, New York, October 27, 1842, and 
is the oldest of the seven children born to Samuel and Elizabeth 
(Florence) Edwards, who removed from the Empire state to Ohio when our 
subject was a lad of eight years. There the- father. worked as ship 
builder for four years and then removed with his family to Whiteside 
county, Illinois where he still resides. 

It was in Whiteside county, Illinois, that our subject first applied 
himself to farm work. Being the eldest son of poor parents his help was 
needed on the farm and he was thus enabled to procure but a very 
limited education. In the fall of 1881 he took up land in Clark county, 
South Dakota, and the following April arrived with his family and 
effects in Watertown. Upon the land which he had entered he built a 
house, 12 x 20 feet in dimensions, and a sod barn for the accommodation 
of his stock, and at once directed his energies toward the improvement 
and cultivation of his farm, which he has since made a most desirable 
place. In his farming operations he met with most excellent success 
until the drought of 1890, and since then prosperity has again crowned 
his well-directed efforts. 

In 1867 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Edwards and Miss Mary A. 
Lenhart, and they have became the parents of three children, namely: 
Frank J., Elizabeth A., wife of William Cook and, Clara E., wife of 
James Adams. In his political affiliations Mr. Edwards is a pronounced 
Democrat, and he is now most efficiently serving as a member of the 
school board. In connection with this sketch are presented portraits of 
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards.