Biographies:  Loren EDWARDS, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Loren Edwards, formerly a prominent attorney of Eau Claire and now a 
resident of Oconomowoc, this state, was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, 
on September 7, 1843, the son of David and Margaret Edwards.  His father 
was born in New Haven, Conn., and of the same family ancestors as Jonathan 
Edwards.

Loren Edwards received his early education in Erie county, Pennsylvania, 
where he resided until 1865.  He attended the Waterford Academy there, 
supplementing that with a course in the Lawrence University, Wisconsin, 
and was graduated with the first class in the Law Department of the State 
University at Madison, after which he studied law for a time in the office 
of Gregory & Pinney in Madison.  In 1871 he removed to Sacremento, Cal., 
and practiced law there for two years, then came to Eau Claire and practiced 
until 1878, thence to Milwaukee, where he continued until 1881, and from 
that date until 1886 he practiced in Allegany county, New York  He went from 
there to Kansas, where he practiced for ten years and in the meantime served 
as County Judge of Barber county.  In 1896 he moved to Oconomowoc where he 
has since resided, and enjoys a lucrative business.  He was admitted to 
practice in the Supreme courts of Wisconsin, California, New York and Kansas, 
and to the United States Circuit courts in Wisconsin.  With the exception of 
his partnership relations with Mr. Stillman, of Eau Claire, and with Mr. 
Westover, in Oconomowoc, he has practiced alone, and while in Eau Claire he 
held the office of District Attorney, and for some time was Municipal Judge 
of the Western District of Waukesha county, this state.  He served in the 
United States Navy during the civil war, and is a bachelor, a Mason and a 
republican.        

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 287.