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John Stark Edwards

Gender:
Male
Born:
August 23, 1777
Died:
February 22, 1813
Home Town:
New Haven, CT
Later Residences:
New Haven, CT
Mesopotamia, OH
Marriage(s):
Louisa Maria Morris Edwards Montgomery (February 28, 1807)
Biographical Notes:
John Stark Edwards was the son of Pierpont and Frances (Ogden) Edwards. He was admitted to the bar in New Haven, CT in March 1799 at the age of twenty-two. His father, Pierpont Edwards, was active in the Connecticut Land Company and was the proprietor of the township of Mesopotamia and he directed his son to go to Ohio and open the land to settlement. Consequently Edwards moved to Ohio in the summer of 1799 and was instrumental in the settling of that area. He returned to New Haven in the fall of 1799 to spend the winter but returned again to Ohio in 1800. In July of 1800, he was commissioned by Governor St. Clair (the first governor of the Northwest Territory from 1878-1802) as the Recorder of Trumbull County, OH and held that position until his death. Until 1804, he made his residence in ...
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Education
Years at LLS:
1796
Other Education:
Graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1796.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer; Political Office
Admitted To Bar:
New Haven, CT in 1799
Local Posts:
Recorder (Trumbull County, OH) 1800-1813
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CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
"Moothall Society Record Books." Litchfield Law School Collection, Series 1, Subseries 3, Litchfield Historical Society.; Catalogue of The Litchfield Law School From 1798 to 1827 Inclusive (Litchfield, CT: S.S. Smith, 1828), 7.
Secondary Sources:
Historical Collections of the Mahoning Valley, Vol. 1. Youngstown, Ohio: The Mahoning Valley Historical Society, 1876.
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