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Born 1840
From History of Adair County, Iowa, and its people (1915)
DAVID EDWARDS.
David Edwards is now living retired in Fontanelle but for a long period was connected with agricultural interests, and through the careful management of his farm and his well directed business affairs in that connection he won the competence that now enables him to rest from further labors, enjoying all of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life. He was born in Fulton county, Illinois, on the 1 ith of July, 1810, and is a son of David and INIelinda (Heddy) Edwards, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of South Carolina. They were married in the former state and afterward removed to Fulton county, Illinois, where they cast in their lot with the pioneer settlers. They established their home upon a farm and there the father resided until his death, which occurred in March of the year in which his son David was born. The mother afterward married a Mr. Hackey and
As printed in History of Adair County, Iowa, and its people (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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