Amos Edmunds, son of Daniel Edmunds and Eliza Jane Logan Edmunds, was born on the old Edmunds homestead near Terre Haute, Ill. Feb. 28, 1849 and died at Galesburg, Ill, Sept. 26, 1923, aged 74 years, 6 months and 28 days. He came of pioneer New England stock, a descendant of Roger Williams, the missionary preacher and founder of Rhode Island. His father was one of the earliest settlers in Western Illinois.
In boyhood days he attended the district school on the prairie and at the age of 16, he entered Denmark Academy, Denmark, Iowa where he completed his preparatory education. He was one of the first students of the University of Illinois after it was founded at Champaign. Upon completion of his college work he commenced farming upon a portion of the old homestead, engaged in school teaching and lecturing during the winter months. One of these lecture trips took him to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and it was there that he met Mary A. Campbell, daughter of Hon. Daniel Campbell, who became his wife on Dec. 15, 1875.
Dairy farming and the raising of blooded cattle made a particular appeal to him. He made a special effort to procure the best breeding stock possible and his success in that line was such that within a few years, he was shipping breeding stock to nearly every state in the Union and even to Old Mexico. Becoming favorably known as a stock breeder of discerning judgment, he was employed for many years by the Illinois State Fair Association as an expert judge and in that capacity he awarded prizes to some of finest show herds in the United States.
During the time he was acquiring a fund of knowledge and experience in agricultural affairs which made him an authority in that field. In 1890 he was honored by his neighbors by election to the Illinois general assembly. During this session occurred the famous senatorial deadlock resulting in the election of Gen. John M. Palmer by the “101” of which group he was an aggressive and enthusiastic member.
In 1900 the pioneer urge which had brought his father to Illinois nearly a hundred years ago came to him and although he never parted with the old farm and made frequent trips back to visit it, the family home was moved to Chelan, Washington. In this new community he took a leading part in community life. The town was organized soon after he became a resident and he was elected its first Mayor. Thereafter he was elected for several successive terms to succeed himself. He participated actively in all of the business and civic enterprises of that region and took a leading part in developing it from a raw state to one of richest sections of the West.
While a boy at the Denmark Academy, he united with the Congregational Church and in later years transferring his membership to the Congregation Church at Lakeside, Washington. Besides his widow and two children, he leaves to mourn his three grandchildren-Loraine, Lucile and Vera Ridout; a sister-Mrs. Susan Lockwood of Gilman, Illinois, and two brothers-Logan Edmunds of Gilman and James Edmunds of Winemucca, Nevada. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in Terre Haute with burial in charge of La Harpe and Terre Haute Odd Fellows in the old family burying ground in Terre Haute Cemetery.”—LaHarpe Quill
Amos Edmunds, former prominent resident of the Terre Haute neighborhood and a member of the Illinois Legislature in the early 90’s and who for the past 23 years had made his home at Chelan, Wash., died at a Galesburg, Ill. hospital on Sept. 26th.
Amos Edmunds, son of Daniel Edmunds and Eliza Logan Edmunds, was born on the old Edmunds homestead near Terre Haute, Ill. Feb. 28, 1849 and died at Galesburg, Ill, Sept. 26, 1923, aged 74 years, 6 months and 28 days. He came of pioneer New England stock, a descendant of Roger Williams, the missionary preacher and founder of Rhode Island. His father was one of the earliest settlers in Western Illinois.
In boyhood days he attended the district school on the prairie and at the age of 16, he entered Denmark Academy, Denmark, Iowa where he completed his preparatory education. He was one of the first students of the University of Illinois after it was founded at Champaign. Upon completion of his college work he commenced farming upon a portion of the old homestead, engaged in school teaching and lecturing during the winter months. One of these lecture trips took him to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and it was there that he met Mary A. Campbell, daughter of Hon. Daniel Campbell, who became his wife on Dec. 15, 1875.
Dairy farming and the raising of blooded cattle made a particular appeal to him. He made a special effort to procure the best breeding stock possible and his success in that line was such that within a few years, he was shipping breeding stock to nearly every state in the Union and even to Old Mexico. Becoming favorably known as a stock breeder of discerning judgment, he was employed for many years by the Illinois State Fair Association as an expert judge and in that capacity he awarded prizes to some of finest show herds in the United States.
During the time he was acquiring a fund of knowledge and experience in agricultural affairs which made him an authority in that field. In 1890 he was honored by his neighbors by election to the Illinois general assembly. During this session occurred the famous senatorial deadlock resulting in the election of Gen. John M. Palmer by the “101” of which group he was an aggressive and enthusiastic member.
In 1900 the pioneer urge which had brought his father to Illinois nearly a hundred years ago came to him and although he never parted with the old farm and made frequent trips back to visit it, the family home was moved to Chelan, Washington. In this new community he took a leading part in community life. The town was organized soon after he became a resident and he was elected its first Mayor. Thereafter he was elected for several successive terms to succeed himself. He participated actively in all of the business and civic enterprises of that region and took a leading part in developing it from a raw state to one of richest sections of the West.
While a boy at the Denmark Academy, he united with the Congregational Church and in later years transferring his membership to the Congregation Church at Lakeside, Washington.
Besides his widow and two children, he leaves to mourn his three grandchildren-Loraine, Lucile and Vera Ridout; a sister-Mrs. Susan Lockwood of Gilman, Illinois, and two brothers-Logan Edmunds of Gilman and James Edmunds of Winemucca, Nevada. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in Terre Haute with burial in charge of La Harpe and Terre Haute Odd Fellows in the old family burying ground in Terre Haute Cemetery.”—LaHarpe Quill
Elmer Walter is buried here, too.
In boyhood days he attended the district school on the prairie and at the age of 16, he entered Denmark Academy, Denmark, Iowa where he completed his preparatory education. He was one of the first students of the University of Illinois after it was founded at Champaign. Upon completion of his college work he commenced farming upon a portion of the old homestead, engaged in school teaching and lecturing during the winter months. One of these lecture trips took him to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and it was there that he met Mary A. Campbell, daughter of Hon. Daniel Campbell, who became his wife on Dec. 15, 1875.
Dairy farming and the raising of blooded cattle made a particular appeal to him. He made a special effort to procure the best breeding stock possible and his success in that line was such that within a few years, he was shipping breeding stock to nearly every state in the Union and even to Old Mexico. Becoming favorably known as a stock breeder of discerning judgment, he was employed for many years by the Illinois State Fair Association as an expert judge and in that capacity he awarded prizes to some of finest show herds in the United States.
During the time he was acquiring a fund of knowledge and experience in agricultural affairs which made him an authority in that field. In 1890 he was honored by his neighbors by election to the Illinois general assembly. During this session occurred the famous senatorial deadlock resulting in the election of Gen. John M. Palmer by the “101” of which group he was an aggressive and enthusiastic member.
In 1900 the pioneer urge which had brought his father to Illinois nearly a hundred years ago came to him and although he never parted with the old farm and made frequent trips back to visit it, the family home was moved to Chelan, Washington. In this new community he took a leading part in community life. The town was organized soon after he became a resident and he was elected its first Mayor. Thereafter he was elected for several successive terms to succeed himself. He participated actively in all of the business and civic enterprises of that region and took a leading part in developing it from a raw state to one of richest sections of the West.
While a boy at the Denmark Academy, he united with the Congregational Church and in later years transferring his membership to the Congregation Church at Lakeside, Washington. Besides his widow and two children, he leaves to mourn his three grandchildren-Loraine, Lucile and Vera Ridout; a sister-Mrs. Susan Lockwood of Gilman, Illinois, and two brothers-Logan Edmunds of Gilman and James Edmunds of Winemucca, Nevada. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in Terre Haute with burial in charge of La Harpe and Terre Haute Odd Fellows in the old family burying ground in Terre Haute Cemetery.”—LaHarpe Quill
Amos Edmunds, former prominent resident of the Terre Haute neighborhood and a member of the Illinois Legislature in the early 90’s and who for the past 23 years had made his home at Chelan, Wash., died at a Galesburg, Ill. hospital on Sept. 26th.
Amos Edmunds, son of Daniel Edmunds and Eliza Logan Edmunds, was born on the old Edmunds homestead near Terre Haute, Ill. Feb. 28, 1849 and died at Galesburg, Ill, Sept. 26, 1923, aged 74 years, 6 months and 28 days. He came of pioneer New England stock, a descendant of Roger Williams, the missionary preacher and founder of Rhode Island. His father was one of the earliest settlers in Western Illinois.
In boyhood days he attended the district school on the prairie and at the age of 16, he entered Denmark Academy, Denmark, Iowa where he completed his preparatory education. He was one of the first students of the University of Illinois after it was founded at Champaign. Upon completion of his college work he commenced farming upon a portion of the old homestead, engaged in school teaching and lecturing during the winter months. One of these lecture trips took him to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and it was there that he met Mary A. Campbell, daughter of Hon. Daniel Campbell, who became his wife on Dec. 15, 1875.
Dairy farming and the raising of blooded cattle made a particular appeal to him. He made a special effort to procure the best breeding stock possible and his success in that line was such that within a few years, he was shipping breeding stock to nearly every state in the Union and even to Old Mexico. Becoming favorably known as a stock breeder of discerning judgment, he was employed for many years by the Illinois State Fair Association as an expert judge and in that capacity he awarded prizes to some of finest show herds in the United States.
During the time he was acquiring a fund of knowledge and experience in agricultural affairs which made him an authority in that field. In 1890 he was honored by his neighbors by election to the Illinois general assembly. During this session occurred the famous senatorial deadlock resulting in the election of Gen. John M. Palmer by the “101” of which group he was an aggressive and enthusiastic member.
In 1900 the pioneer urge which had brought his father to Illinois nearly a hundred years ago came to him and although he never parted with the old farm and made frequent trips back to visit it, the family home was moved to Chelan, Washington. In this new community he took a leading part in community life. The town was organized soon after he became a resident and he was elected its first Mayor. Thereafter he was elected for several successive terms to succeed himself. He participated actively in all of the business and civic enterprises of that region and took a leading part in developing it from a raw state to one of richest sections of the West.
While a boy at the Denmark Academy, he united with the Congregational Church and in later years transferring his membership to the Congregation Church at Lakeside, Washington.
Besides his widow and two children, he leaves to mourn his three grandchildren-Loraine, Lucile and Vera Ridout; a sister-Mrs. Susan Lockwood of Gilman, Illinois, and two brothers-Logan Edmunds of Gilman and James Edmunds of Winemucca, Nevada. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in Terre Haute with burial in charge of La Harpe and Terre Haute Odd Fellows in the old family burying ground in Terre Haute Cemetery.”—LaHarpe Quill
Elmer Walter is buried here, too.
Amos Edmunds, son of Daniel Edmunds and Eliza Jane Logan Edmunds, was born on the old Edmunds homestead near Terre Haute, Ill. Feb. 28, 1849 and died at Galesburg, Ill, Sept. 26, 1923, aged 74 years, 6 months and 28 days. He came of pioneer New England stock, a descendant of Roger Williams, the missionary preacher and founder of Rhode Island. His father was one of the earliest settlers in Western Illinois.
In boyhood days he attended the district school on the prairie and at the age of 16, he entered Denmark Academy, Denmark, Iowa where he completed his preparatory education. He was one of the first students of the University of Illinois after it was founded at Champaign. Upon completion of his college work he commenced farming upon a portion of the old homestead, engaged in school teaching and lecturing during the winter months. One of these lecture trips took him to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and it was there that he met Mary A. Campbell, daughter of Hon. Daniel Campbell, who became his wife on Dec. 15, 1875.
Dairy farming and the raising of blooded cattle made a particular appeal to him. He made a special effort to procure the best breeding stock possible and his success in that line was such that within a few years, he was shipping breeding stock to nearly every state in the Union and even to Old Mexico. Becoming favorably known as a stock breeder of discerning judgment, he was employed for many years by the Illinois State Fair Association as an expert judge and in that capacity he awarded prizes to some of finest show herds in the United States.
During the time he was acquiring a fund of knowledge and experience in agricultural affairs which made him an authority in that field. In 1890 he was honored by his neighbors by election to the Illinois general assembly. During this session occurred the famous senatorial deadlock resulting in the election of Gen. John M. Palmer by the “101” of which group he was an aggressive and enthusiastic member.
In 1900 the pioneer urge which had brought his father to Illinois nearly a hundred years ago came to him and although he never parted with the old farm and made frequent trips back to visit it, the family home was moved to Chelan, Washington. In this new community he took a leading part in community life. The town was organized soon after he became a resident and he was elected its first Mayor. Thereafter he was elected for several successive terms to succeed himself. He participated actively in all of the business and civic enterprises of that region and took a leading part in developing it from a raw state to one of richest sections of the West.
While a boy at the Denmark Academy, he united with the Congregational Church and in later years transferring his membership to the Congregation Church at Lakeside, Washington. Besides his widow and two children, he leaves to mourn his three grandchildren-Loraine, Lucile and Vera Ridout; a sister-Mrs. Susan Lockwood of Gilman, Illinois, and two brothers-Logan Edmunds of Gilman and James Edmunds of Winemucca, Nevada. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in Terre Haute with burial in charge of La Harpe and Terre Haute Odd Fellows in the old family burying ground in Terre Haute Cemetery.”—LaHarpe Quill
Amos Edmunds, former prominent resident of the Terre Haute neighborhood and a member of the Illinois Legislature in the early 90’s and who for the past 23 years had made his home at Chelan, Wash., died at a Galesburg, Ill. hospital on Sept. 26th.
Amos Edmunds, son of Daniel Edmunds and Eliza Logan Edmunds, was born on the old Edmunds homestead near Terre Haute, Ill. Feb. 28, 1849 and died at Galesburg, Ill, Sept. 26, 1923, aged 74 years, 6 months and 28 days. He came of pioneer New England stock, a descendant of Roger Williams, the missionary preacher and founder of Rhode Island. His father was one of the earliest settlers in Western Illinois.
In boyhood days he attended the district school on the prairie and at the age of 16, he entered Denmark Academy, Denmark, Iowa where he completed his preparatory education. He was one of the first students of the University of Illinois after it was founded at Champaign. Upon completion of his college work he commenced farming upon a portion of the old homestead, engaged in school teaching and lecturing during the winter months. One of these lecture trips took him to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and it was there that he met Mary A. Campbell, daughter of Hon. Daniel Campbell, who became his wife on Dec. 15, 1875.
Dairy farming and the raising of blooded cattle made a particular appeal to him. He made a special effort to procure the best breeding stock possible and his success in that line was such that within a few years, he was shipping breeding stock to nearly every state in the Union and even to Old Mexico. Becoming favorably known as a stock breeder of discerning judgment, he was employed for many years by the Illinois State Fair Association as an expert judge and in that capacity he awarded prizes to some of finest show herds in the United States.
During the time he was acquiring a fund of knowledge and experience in agricultural affairs which made him an authority in that field. In 1890 he was honored by his neighbors by election to the Illinois general assembly. During this session occurred the famous senatorial deadlock resulting in the election of Gen. John M. Palmer by the “101” of which group he was an aggressive and enthusiastic member.
In 1900 the pioneer urge which had brought his father to Illinois nearly a hundred years ago came to him and although he never parted with the old farm and made frequent trips back to visit it, the family home was moved to Chelan, Washington. In this new community he took a leading part in community life. The town was organized soon after he became a resident and he was elected its first Mayor. Thereafter he was elected for several successive terms to succeed himself. He participated actively in all of the business and civic enterprises of that region and took a leading part in developing it from a raw state to one of richest sections of the West.
While a boy at the Denmark Academy, he united with the Congregational Church and in later years transferring his membership to the Congregation Church at Lakeside, Washington.
Besides his widow and two children, he leaves to mourn his three grandchildren-Loraine, Lucile and Vera Ridout; a sister-Mrs. Susan Lockwood of Gilman, Illinois, and two brothers-Logan Edmunds of Gilman and James Edmunds of Winemucca, Nevada. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in Terre Haute with burial in charge of La Harpe and Terre Haute Odd Fellows in the old family burying ground in Terre Haute Cemetery.”—LaHarpe Quill
Elmer Walter is buried here, too.
In boyhood days he attended the district school on the prairie and at the age of 16, he entered Denmark Academy, Denmark, Iowa where he completed his preparatory education. He was one of the first students of the University of Illinois after it was founded at Champaign. Upon completion of his college work he commenced farming upon a portion of the old homestead, engaged in school teaching and lecturing during the winter months. One of these lecture trips took him to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and it was there that he met Mary A. Campbell, daughter of Hon. Daniel Campbell, who became his wife on Dec. 15, 1875.
Dairy farming and the raising of blooded cattle made a particular appeal to him. He made a special effort to procure the best breeding stock possible and his success in that line was such that within a few years, he was shipping breeding stock to nearly every state in the Union and even to Old Mexico. Becoming favorably known as a stock breeder of discerning judgment, he was employed for many years by the Illinois State Fair Association as an expert judge and in that capacity he awarded prizes to some of finest show herds in the United States.
During the time he was acquiring a fund of knowledge and experience in agricultural affairs which made him an authority in that field. In 1890 he was honored by his neighbors by election to the Illinois general assembly. During this session occurred the famous senatorial deadlock resulting in the election of Gen. John M. Palmer by the “101” of which group he was an aggressive and enthusiastic member.
In 1900 the pioneer urge which had brought his father to Illinois nearly a hundred years ago came to him and although he never parted with the old farm and made frequent trips back to visit it, the family home was moved to Chelan, Washington. In this new community he took a leading part in community life. The town was organized soon after he became a resident and he was elected its first Mayor. Thereafter he was elected for several successive terms to succeed himself. He participated actively in all of the business and civic enterprises of that region and took a leading part in developing it from a raw state to one of richest sections of the West.
While a boy at the Denmark Academy, he united with the Congregational Church and in later years transferring his membership to the Congregation Church at Lakeside, Washington. Besides his widow and two children, he leaves to mourn his three grandchildren-Loraine, Lucile and Vera Ridout; a sister-Mrs. Susan Lockwood of Gilman, Illinois, and two brothers-Logan Edmunds of Gilman and James Edmunds of Winemucca, Nevada. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in Terre Haute with burial in charge of La Harpe and Terre Haute Odd Fellows in the old family burying ground in Terre Haute Cemetery.”—LaHarpe Quill
Amos Edmunds, former prominent resident of the Terre Haute neighborhood and a member of the Illinois Legislature in the early 90’s and who for the past 23 years had made his home at Chelan, Wash., died at a Galesburg, Ill. hospital on Sept. 26th.
Amos Edmunds, son of Daniel Edmunds and Eliza Logan Edmunds, was born on the old Edmunds homestead near Terre Haute, Ill. Feb. 28, 1849 and died at Galesburg, Ill, Sept. 26, 1923, aged 74 years, 6 months and 28 days. He came of pioneer New England stock, a descendant of Roger Williams, the missionary preacher and founder of Rhode Island. His father was one of the earliest settlers in Western Illinois.
In boyhood days he attended the district school on the prairie and at the age of 16, he entered Denmark Academy, Denmark, Iowa where he completed his preparatory education. He was one of the first students of the University of Illinois after it was founded at Champaign. Upon completion of his college work he commenced farming upon a portion of the old homestead, engaged in school teaching and lecturing during the winter months. One of these lecture trips took him to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and it was there that he met Mary A. Campbell, daughter of Hon. Daniel Campbell, who became his wife on Dec. 15, 1875.
Dairy farming and the raising of blooded cattle made a particular appeal to him. He made a special effort to procure the best breeding stock possible and his success in that line was such that within a few years, he was shipping breeding stock to nearly every state in the Union and even to Old Mexico. Becoming favorably known as a stock breeder of discerning judgment, he was employed for many years by the Illinois State Fair Association as an expert judge and in that capacity he awarded prizes to some of finest show herds in the United States.
During the time he was acquiring a fund of knowledge and experience in agricultural affairs which made him an authority in that field. In 1890 he was honored by his neighbors by election to the Illinois general assembly. During this session occurred the famous senatorial deadlock resulting in the election of Gen. John M. Palmer by the “101” of which group he was an aggressive and enthusiastic member.
In 1900 the pioneer urge which had brought his father to Illinois nearly a hundred years ago came to him and although he never parted with the old farm and made frequent trips back to visit it, the family home was moved to Chelan, Washington. In this new community he took a leading part in community life. The town was organized soon after he became a resident and he was elected its first Mayor. Thereafter he was elected for several successive terms to succeed himself. He participated actively in all of the business and civic enterprises of that region and took a leading part in developing it from a raw state to one of richest sections of the West.
While a boy at the Denmark Academy, he united with the Congregational Church and in later years transferring his membership to the Congregation Church at Lakeside, Washington.
Besides his widow and two children, he leaves to mourn his three grandchildren-Loraine, Lucile and Vera Ridout; a sister-Mrs. Susan Lockwood of Gilman, Illinois, and two brothers-Logan Edmunds of Gilman and James Edmunds of Winemucca, Nevada. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church in Terre Haute with burial in charge of La Harpe and Terre Haute Odd Fellows in the old family burying ground in Terre Haute Cemetery.”—LaHarpe Quill
Elmer Walter is buried here, too.
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