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ELIJAH EDWARDS, farmer, Wyoming Twp., Sec. 13; P.O. Monmouth; born November 4, 1819, in Pennsylvania; when a child, he came with his parents to Ohio; in 1842, he came to Jackson Co.; in 1848, he removed to Jones Co.; he owns 280 acres of land. Married Elizabeth Streets in 1848; she was born in 1830, in Ohio; have seven children—Eli, Israel, Tolbert, John, Lydia, Adelia and Ellen. Democrat.
Source: History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 601.
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