Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Edwads, John June 1829 - 
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JOHN EDWARDS, house and sign painter, was born in Suffolk, Eng., in June, 
1829. When 5 years old, his parents emigrated to America, and settled in 
Canada West. His father's name was Israel Edwards. John left home when 10 
years of age and went to Rochester, N. Y., where he remained three years, then 
three years at Niagara Falls. Came to La Crosse in April, 1855, and went soon 
after to Winona, Minn., and lived there and in Hastings, Minn., till the 
spring of 1857, then returned to La Crosse. In the spring of 1858, he went to 
Texas, but only stayed a few weeks. In the fall of 1876, he went to California 
and was gone two years, then returned to La Crosse. He has four children - 
John, William, Ida and Medora. He was married in La Crosse, in 1859, to Miss 
Maria Bradfield, a native of Ohio.

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From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 750.

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