GEORGE L. EDWARDS
George L. Edwards settled on his present farm in the spring of 1871, where he has improved the land, has set out an orchard and has one of the finest groves in the township. He was born in Pike county, Illinois, on the 4th of March, 1846, and is the son of Amos and Nancy (Hash) Edwards. When George was about six years of age, his mother died and his father and himself moved to Futon county, Illinois, where he lived until 1859, when he came to Iowa and settled in Edna township, and after making his home with his brother-in-law for a short time, went to Union county, where he engaged in farming. In 1863, he was engaged with the Western Stage company and was so employed nearly a year. In 1863, he enlisted in company D, Second Iowa Cavalry, and served in the army until September, 1865, when he was discharged with his regiment and returned to Edna township, where he remained a short time, when he went to Knox county, Missouri, and remained in that place until coming to his present location. Mr. Edwards was married in August, 1867, to Minerva Lockett, a native of Illinois. They have been blessed with five children--Walter L., John A., George Lewis, Ethel A. and Roscoe.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 758.
