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HON. ABNER HALL EDWARDS
MR. SPEAKER—Your committee appointed to prepare resolutions commemorating the life and service of the Hon. Abner Hall Edwards, late of Audubon county, Iowa, beg leave to submit the following memorial:
Hon. Abner Hall Edwards, who represented Audubon county in the Twenty-sixth General Assembly, was born in Tamoyle, Illinois, September 14th, 1846. After a brief illness his death came March 1, 1923, at the age of seventy-six years, six months and thirteen days, after having spent forty years in the progress and development of our beloved commonwealth.
On May 17th, 1864, he enlisted in Company G, 13th Illinois Infantry, and received an honorable discharge in October of the same year. He came to Iowa thirty-nine years preceding his death, and settled in Douglas township, Audubon county, and engaged in farming. He was a staunch Republican, and was a leader in his home precinct, as well as being very active in state and national politics. His party honored him and for twenty years he held the office of justice of the peace. He was a Mason for fifty-two years preceding his death and had been past master of the blue lodge, past high priest of the chapter and past commander of the commandery. He was a man of integrity and was public spirited, quiet and unassuming in character, and loyal and generous in his display of friendship.
Therefore, Be It Resolved. That the House of Representatives of the State of Iowa, take this occasion to express its appreciation of the splendid character as well as the public services and benefactions of the deceased.
F. C. SAMPSON,
J. M. RAMSEY,
EARL W. VINCENT,
Adopted April 12, 1923.
Committee.