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JOSEPH EDWARDS, wagon maker, Plain City, was born in Bedford County, Penn., January 10, 1838, and is a son of
J. P. and Abarilla (Stephens) Edwards, natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent. Joseph was reared on a farm
and received a common school education. At the age of nineteen, he began learning wagon making, which he has since
followed with the exception of five years, from 1861 to 1866, spent in the Western States and Territories. In 1866,
he came to Plain City and went into business with Jacob Weaver, and has since been doing a successful business.
In 1863, he married Margaret Dunkin, a daughter of Reuben Dunkin, and a native of New York. They have three children
- Estella, Curtis and Sherman. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards are members of the M. E. Church, in which he has been Trustee.
He is a Republican in politics.
From:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Published by: W. H. Beers and Company
Chicago, Illinois
1883
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