Newspaper Clippings for
May, 1895
from a loose clipping, source unknown 18 May 1895
DIED:--At the old home, at Newport, Ill., Saturday night, May 18,
1895, Thomas Edwards, aged 88 years, 3 months and 21 days.
Thomas Edwards was born in Bristol, England, in 1807. At the age
of fourteen was apprenticed to the wagon-makers trade and served
until he attained his majority. He then began work on his own
account, following that pursuit until 1843 when he bid good bye
to his old home, and sailed for America, accompanied by his wife
and two children. His first place of residence in the United
States was in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he remained three years,
working for the Mitchell Wagon Co. In 1846 he came to Lake
County and bought the farm on which he lived at the time of his
death. April 1, 1849, in Staffordshire, England, deceased was
married to Miss Mary A. Warner. Nine children were born of this
union, three of whom preceded him to the land of rest. Six
children and his aged companion remain to mourn his loss. Mr.
Edwards was formerly a member of the Episcopal Church, but for
the past thirty years he belonged to the Congregational Church
and was a faithful worker for its interests. He has lived a
quiet and unassuming life, faithfully discharging his duties of
citizenship, and has won the kindly regard of all with whom he
came in contact. He was widely known throughout this community,
where he had many friends. The funeral occurred from the house
Monday, at one o'clock, where a very impressive sermon was
delivered by Rev. S. A. Harris, of Millburn, from Job v:26., and
the remains were laid at rest in Union cemetery, near his old
home.
