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CHARLES EDWARDS (deceased) was a native of England, born Feb. 16, 1840, At the age of ten he immigrated with his parents to the United States, and settled in Hancock county, Ohio, where he lived for many years. Did good service for his adopted country during the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in 1861 in Company E of the Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, and was in active service upward of four years, participating in many hard fought engagements. He is spoken of by his late comrades as brave almost to recklessness, and generous to a fault. He was mustered out with his regiment after the surrender of the Confederates in 1865, and, returning to his home in Ohio, was joined in marriage Dec. 25th of the same year with Miss Ruth Long, a native of Hancock county, Ohio. He came to Jasper county, Mo, in 1868, and bought and improved the farm upon which his family still reside, and where he died Feb. 1, 1883. He was during life an industrious, enterprising citizen, a kind husband and father, and a sincere Christian gentleman. Was for many years identified with the church of the United Brethren, and was ever active in its interests; was a member of the first congregation organized in the county, and assisted in the maintenance of the sabbath schools. He left an interesting family of two sons and three daughters: Eliza J., Mary E., Joseph, John F., and Clara Belle. His widow manages the farm and is a lady of many admirable traits of character and more than ordinary intelligence; she enjoys the unqualified esteem of her neighbors.