Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
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JOHN S. EDWARDS

John S. EDWARDS - Came to Harrison County in 1877. He was born in Wales in Nov 1841, the son of William E. and Sarah Edwards. His brothers and sisters included Elizabeth, Belle, Mary, Sarah, Hattie and Edward (all but John living in Johnson County, Iowa in 1891). The family landed in New York when John was ten years of age, and they went direct to Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. John was in the Civil War in Company I, 27th Wisconsin Infantry. He married in 1872 to Mary Buker, dau. of James and Sophia. By 1891, their children were William E., Carrie, and Earle.

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