A month and a half later, Albert married Martha Jane Brewer on August 24th 1865 and left the following day (along with Martha's parents) for Iowa in a covered wagon. In the fall of 1865 they settled in Taylor Township in Benton County, Iowa, three miles southeast of Vinton. Albert purchased 240 acres for $4.00 an acre & built a log house on the farm. He and Martha had 4 children while living in the log house: Corneilus Everett, James Ernest & Anna Clellan & Cora Ellen. Both sons died in childhood. In 1873, Albert & family moved into Vinton, & Albert worked as a carpenter until he was approached by another farmer, Wash Young, about moving to a farm he owned southeast of Vinton. Albert & the family moved out to this farm & lived there for 18 years, raising the rest of their family.. He farmed until the fall of 1908, at which time he sold his farm & built a house in-town on Elm Street in Vinton, just south of the depot.
Politically, Albert was a staunch supporter of the Republican party. He served as township clerk and as a justice of the peace, and then served twenty-four continuous years as township clerk. He was a prominent member of P. M. Coder Post, No. 98, Grand Army of the Republic, and Mrs. Edwards was for years a member of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Albert & Martha were members of the Christian church, in which Albert was an elder for 5 years.
Albert married Martha J. Brewer in August 1865. They became parents of eleven children, of whom nine survived. In 1917, Albert suffered a stroke which rendered him helpless and in need of constant care and attention. He passed away at home on April 25th, 1921 at the age of 80 and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton, Benton County, Iowa.
A month and a half later, Albert married Martha Jane Brewer on August 24th 1865 and left the following day (along with Martha's parents) for Iowa in a covered wagon. In the fall of 1865 they settled in Taylor Township in Benton County, Iowa, three miles southeast of Vinton. Albert purchased 240 acres for $4.00 an acre & built a log house on the farm. He and Martha had 4 children while living in the log house: Corneilus Everett, James Ernest & Anna Clellan & Cora Ellen. Both sons died in childhood. In 1873, Albert & family moved into Vinton, & Albert worked as a carpenter until he was approached by another farmer, Wash Young, about moving to a farm he owned southeast of Vinton. Albert & the family moved out to this farm & lived there for 18 years, raising the rest of their family.. He farmed until the fall of 1908, at which time he sold his farm & built a house in-town on Elm Street in Vinton, just south of the depot.
Politically, Albert was a staunch supporter of the Republican party. He served as township clerk and as a justice of the peace, and then served twenty-four continuous years as township clerk. He was a prominent member of P. M. Coder Post, No. 98, Grand Army of the Republic, and Mrs. Edwards was for years a member of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Albert & Martha were members of the Christian church, in which Albert was an elder for 5 years.
Albert married Martha J. Brewer in August 1865. They became parents of eleven children, of whom nine survived. In 1917, Albert suffered a stroke which rendered him helpless and in need of constant care and attention. He passed away at home on April 25th, 1921 at the age of 80 and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton, Benton County, Iowa.
Family Members
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Anna Clellan Edwards Whipple
1866–1948
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James Earnest Edwards
1870–1870
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Cora E Edwards Spalding
1871–1973
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Katie L Johnson
1873–1941
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LoLa Belle Edwards Scott
1875–1979
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Ethel May Edwards Tumilty
1878–1974
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Josephine Edwards Reichard
1881–1979
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Margaret Pearl Edwards McNamee
1883–1977
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Walter Arbel Edwards
1885–1970
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