Harry L. EDWARDS.

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         The energies of Harry L. Edwards are concentrated upon the development of his homestead which contains one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 4, Union township. His birth occurred in the township where he now resides on the 11th of August, 1870, and he is a son of John H. and Ella P. (Carson) Edwards, the father a native of Tennessee and the mother of this county. Mr. Edwards passed away in 1888 but his wife still survives and now makes her home in Columbus Junction.

         Reared on the home farm in Union township, the education of Harry L. Edwards was obtained in the district schools of the locality in which he resided. While pursuing the common branches of study he was also assisting in the work of the farm, thus fitting himself for his life work. He remained a member of the parental household until he was twenty-one years of age, and then bought one . . .

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. . . hundred and sixty acres of land in Union township, upon which he has since resided. In connection with the cultivation of his fields Mr. Edwards raises and feeds stock. He has a fine farm which contains good improvements and is well kept up and plentifully stocked.

         On the 18th of February, 1892, Mr. Edwards was married to Miss Ida L. Duncan, a native of this county and a daughter of F. M. and Elizabeth P. (Sands) Duncan, who continue to make their home in Louisa county, and whose biography appears on another page of this volume. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have been born four children: Hazel M., born March 6, 1895; Glen D., April 15, 1900; Fern D., August 1, 1902; and Evelyn I., July 30, 1906.

         The family manifest their religious views through their membership in the Reformed church and Mr. Edwards also holds membership with the Modern Woodmen of America, being identified with Columbus Junction Camp, No. 3145. He has always accorded his political allegiance to the men and measures of the republican party and at the present time he is filling the office of school director. He is one of the industrious and enterprising citizens of Union township, as well as one of the substantial agriculturists, and is regarded as reliable and trustworthy by all who know him.