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Permanent LinkRepresentative Millard Fillmore Edwards View All Years
MILLARD FILLMORE EDWARDS, jurist, died February 23, 1942, in Parkersburg, Iowa. Born October 22, 1858, near Muncie, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, he was the son of William and Catherine Smole Edwards. Educated in Williamsport and Lock Haven Pennsylvania, graduating from the Central State Normal School of the latter place in 1882, he taught school one year before entering the law school of the State University of Iowa, from which he was graduated in 1884. After one year in Pennsylvania he returned to Iowa and the practice of law in Parkersburg. Active in community affairs, Mr. Edwards at various times served as Mayor, town clerk, and member of the school board of Parkersburg. A member of the 28th and 29th General Assemblies of Iowa, he also served as judge at the 12th judicial district from 1917 to 1939.