| EDWARDS (Soundex
E363)
— See also
EDWARD,
EDWARDE,
EDWARDSEN,
EDWARE,
EDWAY,
HARVEY-EDWARDS,
SEWARDS,
SOWARDS,
SUMTER-EDWARDS,
TREDWAY,
WARDSWORTH,
WOODWARD.
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Edwards, Uriah —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1844.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Uriah —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 11th District, 1857-59.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Victor L. —
of Prince
George's County, Md.
Republican. Candidate for Maryland
state senate District 4-C, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Edwards, W. H. —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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O. See Walter Owen
Edwards |
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Edwards, W. R. —
of Tracy, Lyon
County, Minn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, W. W. —
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Waldo (b. 1883) —
of Macon, Macon
County, Mo.
Born June 24,
1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri 2nd Circuit, 1955.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Walter —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Edwards, Walter Owen
(1882-1955) —
also known as W. O. Edwards —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born near Coffeen, Montgomery
County, Ill., February
24, 1882.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 22nd District; elected 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., June 8,
1955 (age 73 years, 104
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Edwards, Walter W. —
of St. Charles, St.
Charles County, Mo.
Circuit judge in Missouri 19th Circuit, 1887.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Warren —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1912,
1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Weldon Nathaniel
(1788-1873) —
also known as Weldon N. Edwards —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Gaston, Northampton
County, N.C., January
25, 1788.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1810; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1816-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in Warren
County, N.C., December
18, 1873 (age 85 years, 327
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Warren County, N.C.
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Edwards, William
(c.1794-c.1878) —
of Indiana.
Born in Virginia, about 1794.
County judge in Indiana, 1818, 1825; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-36.
Died in Missouri, about 1878 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William —
of Bowdle, Edmunds
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state senate 36th District, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William —
Candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William —
of Logan, Cache
County, Utah.
Mayor
of Logan, Utah, 1908-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William, Jr. —
of West Virginia.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1952.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William C. —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Republican. Postmaster at Wichita,
Kan., 1908-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William C. —
of Mahanoy City, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Burgess
of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William Congdon —
of Larned, Pawnee
County, Kan.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Kansas, 1895-97.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William D.
(c.1853-1916) —
of Hudson
County, N.J.
Born about 1853.
Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1887-89.
Welsh
and English
ancestry.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., March 6,
1916 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William Donlon
(1915-2015) —
also known as Don Edwards —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January
6, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-95 (9th District 1963-75,
10th District 1975-93, 16th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1964,
1968,
1988;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., October
1, 2015 (age 100 years,
268 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William H. (b.
1841) —
of Indiana.
Born in Marion Township, Lawrence
County, Ind., November
30, 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1873.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William H. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd New York
District, 1917-19.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William H. —
of Sussex, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate 33rd District, 1931-34.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William Hayden —
also known as William H. Edwards —
of Washington,
D.C.
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Brazil, 1877-78; U.S. Consul General in St. Petersburg, 1878-80; Berlin, 1889-93; chief, Diplomatic Bureau, U.S. Department of
State, 1884-85; U.S. Consular Agent in Schiedam, 1885-89.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William J. —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Democrat. Postmaster at Niles,
Mich., 1866-67, 1886-89.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William J. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1984, 1988-89.
Still living as of 1989.
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Edwards, William Jackson (b.
1928) —
also known as Jack Edwards —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
20, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer;
general attorney for Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
1958-64; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1965-85; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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Edwards, William Kirkpatrick
(1820-1878) —
of Indiana.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
26, 1820.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846-51, 1859, 1873; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1873; mayor
of Terre Haute, Ind., 1853-55; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Indiana.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., September
26, 1878 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Edwards, William N. —
of Zion, Lake
County, Ill.
Mayor
of Zion, Ill., 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William Posey
(1835-1900) —
of Georgia.
Born near Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., November
9, 1835.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1867-69.
Died in Butler, Taylor
County, Ga., June 28,
1900 (age 64 years, 231
days).
Interment at Methodist
Cemetery, Butler, Ga.
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Edwards, William Seymour —
also known as William S. Edwards —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1893-95;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1908,
1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William T. —
of Canton, Cherokee
County, Ga.
Postmaster at Canton,
Ga., 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, William W. —
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1862-63.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Winslow H. —
of Easthampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Second Hampshire District, 1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards, Zachary Bertrand —
Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana.
Still living as of 2020.
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Edwards, Zilphia —
of Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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