Paul Edwards (1820 - 1912)

Born 12 Feb 1820 in Hamilton County, Ohio

Died 19 Jan 1912 at age 91 in Riverside Township, Adams County, Illinois

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Biography

Paul was born in 1820. He passed away in 1912.

PAUL EDWARDS is one of the oldest and most successful fruit growers near Quincy. He resides on section 24 Riverside Township where he has a highly improved farm on which he raises fruits and cereals for the city market. He was born in Hamilton County, Ohio about four miles from Cincinnati, February 12, 1820. His father Job Edwards was born in New Jersey in 1781 and emigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio when there was only one store in that place. He traveled all the way on foot with a knapsack on his back. He worked for Gen. William Henry Harrison in South Bend and for some years followed farming and gardening near Cincinnati. He afterward came to Illinois and lived with our subject until his death in his eighty sixth year. He was twice married. He wedded Pattie Clark who died when Paul was quite young and for his second wife chose Harriet Platt.

Our subject and a half sister are the only surviving members of a large family. His education was acquired in the primitive schools and he assisted his father in gardening and marketing until seventeen years of age. In the fall of 1837 he went to Quincy and worked most of the time along the river boating and chopping wood. He bought the timber which he cut and sold to the millers and other parties in Quincy. After several years spent in that line of business during which came he made seven trips to St Louis on rafts on the 16th of June, 1856, he purchased sixty acres of land on sections 13 and 24 Ellington Township, now Riverside Township. He then turned his attention to the raising of garden vegetables and fruits for the city market. His farm is well improved and is as fine as can be found in the county. It is pleasantly located just two miles north of Quincy.

On the 28th of May, 1848, Mr Edwards wedded Mary E. Platt of Ohio and unto them were born seven children, five of whom are yet living:

• William A .
• Rachel E.
• Mary L.
• Nina Belle
• Carrie P.
• Lora A.
• Flora E are both deceased

Mr. Edwards is a supporter of the Republican party and has been elected to several public positions of honor and trust. He has now served as School Director for several years. His farm is well supplied with all kinds of small fruits and he finds a ready sale for his products. He is one of the leading fruit growers near Quincy and has been very successful. A well informed and influential man, he is numbered among the valued citizens of the community.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Portrait and biographical record of Adams County, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, 1892

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177704116/paul-edwards