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BEN EDWARDS was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1864, and died at Ames, Iowa, January 31, 1926. His parents removed with their family to Beacon, Mahaska County, Iowa, in 1873, and to a farm in Carroll County in 1875. Ben was educated in common school and on reaching manhood followed farming until 1889, when he removed to Dedham and entered the hardware business. After several years he sold this business and engaged in general merchandising in Carrollton. In 1905 he removed to Ames and became superintendent of the state college grounds and buildings. In 1910 he entered the coal and ice business. While at Dedham he served as township trustee, as a member of the town council, and as mayor, and at Ames he was a city councilman. In 1915 he was elected senator and served in the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth general assemblies.