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tendent of schools;

and chairman of the Since 1901 he of the Rhode Island

state board of public roads.

has been a member state senate.

Edwards, John Harrington, clergyman, author,

Mass.

was born on In

Sept. 21, 1834, in Acton, 1858 he graduated from Beloit college of Wisconsin; and in 1859-62 attended the Union theolog-

seminary of

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York 71

City.

he was

the

West

congregational of

New

In 1862pastor of

Lebanon church

Xew Hampshire;

in

1871-73 was pastor of presbyterian church at

Tidiouts,

Pa.;

in

1882-83 was pastor of the Andrew presbyterian church of ilinneapolis, Minn.; in 1883-86 was pastor of the Chestnut street presbyterian church at Erie, Pa.; and for four years traveled in Europe in search of health. He IS a member of the national geographic society. He has retired from the ministry and is doing literary work as editor and special contributor to religious periodicals. He IS the author of God and Music; and many review articles. Edwards, Jonathan, theologian, missionary, author, was born Get. 5, 1703 in East Windsor, Conn. In 1751-58 he served as missionary to the Stockbridge Indians; and the last month of his life was president of the college of New Jersey, now Princeton university. He was the author of Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will; Notes on the Mind and Natural Science; The Religious Affections Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit; Nature of True Virtue; God's Last End in the Creation; Treatise on Grace; Doctrine of Original Sin Defended; Inquiry into the Qualifications for Communion; Thoughts for the Revival of Religion; History of the Redemption; and Life of David Brainerd. He died March 22, 1758, in Princeton, N.J. Edwards, Jonathan, clergyman, author,

presbyterian churches in Ohio, Kentucky, Jersey and Maryland; and in 1855-57 was president of Hanover college. He died

New

July 13, 1891, in Peoria, 111. Edv/ards, Julian, composer, was born Dec. He is the author of 17, 1855, in England. Brian Boru, which created a sensation on its production at the Broadway theater in 1896. He has written many songs, notably a collection entitled Sunlight and Shadow. Edwards, Justin, clergyman, author, was born April 25, 1787, in Westhampton, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman; and prominent in the temperance movement. He was the author of Sabbath Manual; and Temperance Manual. He died July 23, 1853, in Bath Alum, Va.

Edwards, Landon Brame, soldier, physiwas born Sept. 20, 1845, in Prince Edward county, Va. In 1863 he encian, founder,

listed in the artillery corps of the confederate army, in which he served until the

end of the civil war. In 1870 he was largely instrumental in founding the medical society of Virginia, of which he is recording secretary. In 1874 he established the Virginia Medical Monthly. Edwards, Louise Betts, journalist, author, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1891 she has been in literarj' work. She is the author of the Tu-Tzes Tower. Edwards, Morgan, clergyman, founder, author, was bom May 6, 1722, in Wales. He was one of the founders of Brown university. He was the author of Materials Toward a History of the Baptists in Pennsylvania; and Materials Toward a History of the Baptists in New Jersey. 28, 1795, in Pencador, Del.'

He

died Jan.

was born May 26, 1745, in Northampton, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman;

and president of Union college. He was the author of Treatise on Liberty and Necessity; and Discourses on the Atonement. He died Aug. 1, 1801, in Schenectady, N.Y. Edwards, Jonathan, lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Sept. 7, 1798, in Hartford, Conn.

He

practiced for many years in Hartford; and there held the office of judge of probate. About 1840 he removed to Troy, N.Y., of which city he was subsequently chosen mayor. He was several times elected to the state legislature. He died Aug. 23, 1875, in New Haven, Conn.

Edwards, Jonathan, clergyman, bom July 19, 1817,

president, was cinnati, Ohio.

He

college in Cinfilled pastorates in the

Edwards, Ninian, lawyer, United States senator, was

jurist, governor.

bom in March, 1775, in Montgomery county, Md. He was twice elected to the Kentucky state legislature; became judge of the court of appeals, and in 1808 chief justice of the supreme court. In 1809 he was governor of the territory of Illinois, and in 1826-30 was the third governor. In 1817-25 he was United States senator from Illinois. In 1826-31 he was governor of Illinois. He died of cholera July 20, 1833, in Belleville, 111. Edwards, Ninian Wirt, lawyer, state senwas born April 15, 1809, near Frankfort, Ky. In 1834 he was appointed ator, author,

attorney-general of Illinois. In 1836 he was elected a representative in the state legislature; and he served in the legislature, either in the senate or the house, during 1836In 1854 he received the appointment of 52. state superintendent of public instruction and was the first incumbent of that office. During 1862-65 he was United States commissary with the rank of major. He was the author of a History of Illinois and Ninian Edwards. He died Sept. 2, 1889, in Springfield,

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