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Born 1867, Blue Earth county
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
WILLIAM H. EDWARDS (1894) owns and operates 240 acres of land on section 2 9, Sodus township. He was born in Blue Earth county, Minnesota, December 6, 1867. His parents are William and Margaret (Davis) Edwards, both natives of Wales. They came to the United States in an early day and settled in Blue Earth county, where our subject was born and grew to manhood. He assisted his father on the farm until 1894.
In the year last named our subject came to Lyon county and purchased eighty acres on section 29, Sodus township. Later he purchased the northeast quarter of the same section. He operates the entire 240 acres. Mr. Edwards is a member of the Township Board of Supervisors.
On June 27, 1897, Mr. Edwards was married to Jane Scott, a native of Lyon county. She is a daughter of John and Mary Ann (Lewis) Scott, of Sodus township. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have three children: Edwin, Mary and Irene.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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