Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . ^^-•... INI AN EDWARDS, Govei norfrom 1827 to 1830, was asoaof Benjamin Edwards, andwas born in Montgomery^^/o County, Maryland, in March,1775. His domestic train-ing was well fitted to givehis mind strength, firmness principles, and a goodfoundation was laid for the elevatedcharacter to which he afterwardsattained. His parents were Bap-tists, and very strict in their moralpiinciples. His education in earlyyouth was in company with andpartly under the tuition of Hon. , whom liis father patronizedan
Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . ^^-•... INI AN EDWARDS, Govei norfrom 1827 to 1830, was asoaof Benjamin Edwards, andwas born in Montgomery^^/o County, Maryland, in March,1775. His domestic train-ing was well fitted to givehis mind strength, firmness principles, and a goodfoundation was laid for the elevatedcharacter to which he afterwardsattained. His parents were Bap-tists, and very strict in their moralpiinciples. His education in earlyyouth was in company with andpartly under the tuition of Hon. , whom liis 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 ;ct commenced the study of law, Initbefore 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 aspendtlirift. He was, h
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