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Jonathan Edwards

Lawyer

Centurion, 1869–1882

Born 6 November 1821 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 30 May 1882 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried John Jay Cemetery, Rye, New York

Proposed by Augustus R. Macdonough and Gilbert M. Speir

Elected 2 October 1869 at age forty-seven

Archivist’s Note: Cousin of Alfred H. P. Edwards

Century Memorial

[T]he list of those deceased includes 12 names, those of the Rev. Henry W. Bellows, Gen’l J. G. Barnard, Henry Draper, Jonathan Edwards, Fred’k E. Gibert, Alexander L. Holley, Thos. Le Clear, Dr. Erskine Mason, Clarkson N. Potter, Dr. James R. Wood, Robert L. Stuart and Edgar S. Van Winkle.

Augustus R. Macdonough
1883 Century Association Reports