EDWARDS, J. F.

EDWARDS, HATFIELD, LOURY

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

EDWARDS, J. F., of the firm of Edwards & McCabe, livery and sale stable ; was born in Warren Co., Ohio, Sept. 5, 1824; he lived there until 1854, then came to Iowa, and located in Lee Co. and engaged in farming ; continued until February, 1869, when he moved to Fort Madison, and engaged in the livery business ; a few years ago, his stable burned, but he immediately replaced it with his present fine brick building, arranged with all conveniences for the business. He has held the office of City Alderman. He married Ann R. Hatfield, of Ohio, in 1844; she died in 1853, leaving four children—Hannah M., James C., Sarah E. and Ann; in November, 1858, he married Lydia Loury, a native of Maryland.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879