LEWIS EDWARDS

LEWIS EDWARDS, a well-known and esteemed farmer of Meriwether County, is of Virginian ancestry, his grandfather, Henry Edwards, being a native of Virginia and a soldier, a sharpshooter, during the Revolutionary War.

Soon after the war he migrated with his family to Georgia and settled in Clarke County. His wife was Mary Woodson, an orphaned English girl who, on account of the harsh laws and cruelly severe penalties of those days, was obliged to leave the country for the simple act of plucking a bunch of grapes. Their son, Lewis H. Edwards, was born in 1812 and died in 1884. He married Mildred Lane, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Lane, also natives of Virginia, and old residents of Georgia. In 1837 Mr. Edwards moved to Meriwether County, where in 1848 his son Lewis was born, and reared upon the homestead farm.

His early privileges of education were limited to those of the common country school, and these were much impaired by the onset of the war. With the return of peace he too returned to his Georgia home, and in the peaceful pursuits of agriculture soon forgot the toils and dangers of war. He has made a success of his calling, owning now a beautiful and well cultivated farm of 260 acres and enjoying the respect of the entire community. His fellow citizens have thrown on him the responsibilities of the position of justice of the peace.

In 1872 Mr. Edwards married Miss Mary Estes, a daughter of John W. and Martha (Fuller) Estes, the former a native of South Carolina, who came to Georgia many years ago, where, in Meriwether County, he is a prominent farmer. Mrs. Edwards was born in this county in 1844, and she is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Edwards has been blessed with three children: John L., Lucy and Marietta.

Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Containing historical accounts of the states civil, military, industrial and professional interests and personal sketches of many of it’s people, Volume II, The Southern Historical Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895

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