"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884"
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
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GEORGE W. EDWARDS, Justice fo the Peace was born in Clay Township, Owen
County, IN., November 3, 1831. His parents, Isaac and Mary (Collier) 
Edwards, emigrated to Owen County at an early date and located in 
Washington township, where they remained until the mother's death, March
12, 1883. 
George is the third in a family of eleven children and was reared upon 
the farm in Washington Township, where he was educated in the district
schools. In 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Eighty-Second Indiana Volunteers
under W.F. Neil. In 1863, he was discharged on account of disability and 
came home, where he remained until February, 1865. He enlisted in Company
G, Forty-third Indiana Volunteers, and stayed out until the close of the
war, being in active service. In January, 1866, he married Sarah C. Dow
of Owen County. By this union, there were seven children, all dead but
two. The mother died in Spencer, December 31, 1881, and in 1882 he married.
May Worrell, daughter of Isaac and Nancy Worrell, of Bloomington, Ind.
After his first married, he farmed in Washington Township for eleven
years; then came to Spencer and went into the butcher business, which
he followed for eighteen months. After this he acted as Constable for
some time and was finally appointed Marshal of Spencer, which position
he held for one year. He was also County Coroner for several years, 
and in the spring of 1880 purchased a farm, about four miles east of
Spencer, where he farmed for about one year, when he sold it and returned
to town where in 1880, he was elected Justice of the Peace, which office
he very creditably fills at present.

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