Alton Telegraph, August 27, 1852:
After a lingering illness of many months, Hon. Nelson G. Edwards departed this life on Thursday morning, at his residence in Middletown, leaving a deeply afflicted wife, two children, and a large circle of friends and acquaintances to deplore his untimely death.
Mr. Edwards was one of our most worthy and estimable citizens, and has at various times filled different offices of public trust with honor to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of the public. He was endowed with a vigorous mind, a generous heart, and a noble soul. His legal attainments were of a high order, and as a jury lawyer, he deservedly ranked at the head of the Madison Bar.
As a politician, his views were founded upon principle, and though of an enthusiastic and nervous temperament, he was invariably courteous and generous to his opponents, and always acted, not with a view to his own emolument or advancement, but from convictions of right, and for what he esteemed to be his country’s good. As a citizen, we believe there is not a man in this city who did not love him and respect him. As a neighbor and a friend, he was warm and firm in his attachments, and generous and estimable in all the relations of life. His death is a severe loss to our city.
After a lingering illness of many months, Hon. Nelson G. Edwards departed this life on Thursday morning, at his residence in Middletown, leaving a deeply afflicted wife, two children, and a large circle of friends and acquaintances to deplore his untimely death.
Mr. Edwards was one of our most worthy and estimable citizens, and has at various times filled different offices of public trust with honor to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of the public. He was endowed with a vigorous mind, a generous heart, and a noble soul. His legal attainments were of a high order, and as a jury lawyer, he deservedly ranked at the head of the Madison Bar.
As a politician, his views were founded upon principle, and though of an enthusiastic and nervous temperament, he was invariably courteous and generous to his opponents, and always acted, not with a view to his own emolument or advancement, but from convictions of right, and for what he esteemed to be his country’s good. As a citizen, we believe there is not a man in this city who did not love him and respect him. As a neighbor and a friend, he was warm and firm in his attachments, and generous and estimable in all the relations of life. His death is a severe loss to our city.
Alton Telegraph, August 27, 1852:
After a lingering illness of many months, Hon. Nelson G. Edwards departed this life on Thursday morning, at his residence in Middletown, leaving a deeply afflicted wife, two children, and a large circle of friends and acquaintances to deplore his untimely death.
Mr. Edwards was one of our most worthy and estimable citizens, and has at various times filled different offices of public trust with honor to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of the public. He was endowed with a vigorous mind, a generous heart, and a noble soul. His legal attainments were of a high order, and as a jury lawyer, he deservedly ranked at the head of the Madison Bar.
As a politician, his views were founded upon principle, and though of an enthusiastic and nervous temperament, he was invariably courteous and generous to his opponents, and always acted, not with a view to his own emolument or advancement, but from convictions of right, and for what he esteemed to be his country’s good. As a citizen, we believe there is not a man in this city who did not love him and respect him. As a neighbor and a friend, he was warm and firm in his attachments, and generous and estimable in all the relations of life. His death is a severe loss to our city.
After a lingering illness of many months, Hon. Nelson G. Edwards departed this life on Thursday morning, at his residence in Middletown, leaving a deeply afflicted wife, two children, and a large circle of friends and acquaintances to deplore his untimely death.
Mr. Edwards was one of our most worthy and estimable citizens, and has at various times filled different offices of public trust with honor to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of the public. He was endowed with a vigorous mind, a generous heart, and a noble soul. His legal attainments were of a high order, and as a jury lawyer, he deservedly ranked at the head of the Madison Bar.
As a politician, his views were founded upon principle, and though of an enthusiastic and nervous temperament, he was invariably courteous and generous to his opponents, and always acted, not with a view to his own emolument or advancement, but from convictions of right, and for what he esteemed to be his country’s good. As a citizen, we believe there is not a man in this city who did not love him and respect him. As a neighbor and a friend, he was warm and firm in his attachments, and generous and estimable in all the relations of life. His death is a severe loss to our city.
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DATE IS BURIAL DATE; died: ALTON, IL
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