Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . of liis office, he nearly always pur-chased the goods himself with which to supply thestores. Although not a regular practitioner of medi-cine, he studied the healing art to a considerable ex-tent, and took great pleasure in prescribing for, andtaking care of, the sick, generally without was also liberal to the poor, several widows andministers of
Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . of liis office, he nearly always pur-chased the goods himself with which to supply thestores. Although not a regular practitioner of medi-cine, he studied the healing art to a considerable ex-tent, and took great pleasure in prescribing for, andtaking care of, the sick, generally without was also liberal to the poor, several widows andministers of the gospel becoming indebted to himeven for their homes. He married Miss Elvira Lane, of Maryland, in1803, and they became the affectionate parents ofseveral children, one of wiiom, especially, is wellknown to the people of the Prairie State, namely,Ninian Wirt Edwards, once the Superintendent c<Public Instruction and still a resident of SpringfieldGov. Edwards resided at and in the vicinity of Kas-kaskia from 180910 1818; in Edwardsville (namedafter him) from that time to 1824; and from the lat-ter date at Belleville, St. Clair County, until hisdeath, July 20, 1833, of Asiatic cholera. EdwardsCounty is also named in his
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