Edmunds, Jr., George

Born: 1822-04-10 Lockport, New York

Died: 1913-02-27 Chicago, Illinois

Flourished: Hancock County, Illinois

George Edmunds was an attorney and local government official. He read law in his native New York and, after reaching adulthood, emigrated to Illinois, settling in Nauvoo. Edmunds was present at the trial of those indicted for lynching Joseph Smith. He commenced practicing law in Nauvoo, pleading cases in the Hancock County Circuit Court and the Illinois Supreme Court. In 1850, Edmunds was living and practicing law in Nauvoo and owned real property valued at $1,000. From 1858 to 1859, he served as supervisor of Sonora Township. In 1860, he resided in Sonora Township and owned real property valued at $30,900 and had a personal estate of $6,000. Edmunds was a Freemason.

Obituary, The Carthage Republican (Carthage, IL), 26 February 1913, 4:2-3; Th. Gregg, History of Hancock County, Illinois (Chicago: Chas. C. Chapman, 1880), 2:891; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Nauvoo, Hancock County, IL, 395; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sonora, Hancock County, IL, 211.