Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . i—^-i^f&c^-V)-^. S3 INI AN EDWARDS, Govei norfrom 1827 to 1830, was a sonof Benjamin Edwards, andJy was born in Montgomery5S/0 County, Maryland, in March,1775. His domestic train-ing was well fitted to givehis mind strength, firmness andhonorable principles, and a goodfoundation was laid for the elevatedcharacter to which he afterwardsattained. His parents were Bap-tists, and very strict in their moralprinc
Portrait and biographical record of Shelby and Moultrie counties Illinois, containing ..sketches of prominent ..citizens ..the governors of the state ..the presidents of the United States . i—^-i^f&c^-V)-^. S3 INI AN EDWARDS, Govei norfrom 1827 to 1830, was a sonof Benjamin Edwards, andJy was born in Montgomery5S/0 County, Maryland, in March,1775. His domestic train-ing was well fitted to givehis mind strength, firmness andhonorable principles, and a goodfoundation was laid for the elevatedcharacter to which he afterwardsattained. His parents were Bap-tists, and very strict in their moralprinciples. His education in earlyyouth was in company with andpartly under the tuition of Hon. , whom his father patronizedand who was more than two yearsolder. An intimacy was thusformed between them which was lasting for life. Hewas further educated at Dickinson College, at Car-lisle, Pa. He next commenced the study of law, butbefore completing his course he moved to NelsonCounty, Ky., to open a farm for his father and topurchase homes and locate lands for his brothers andsisters. Here he fell in the company of dissolutecompanions, and for several years led the life of aspendthrift. He was, how
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