Homer M. Edwards
A young lawyer of Ironton who has done much to prove his ability and open a way for a large and successful career in the law, Homer M. Edwards was admitted to the bar and began practice in 1911, and had already by ten years of successful work performed an important service in the field of education, and for nine years was a member of the County Board of School Examiners of Lawrence County.
Homer M. Edwards was born at Deering in Lawrence County, July 1, 1884. His father, Meredith Edwards, was born at South Point in Lawrence County, June 10, 1852, is a substantial farmer who still lives near Deering. The mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Allen, represents through her family one of the oldest settlers in Lawrence County. She was born at Deering in 1848 and died in 1906. Of their six children two died in infancy and the others are: Effie, now Mrs. E. M. Stanly of Kittshill, Lawrence County; Charity, now Mrs. G. E. Harris of Coal Grove, Lawrence County; Homer M.; and John C., a resident of Ironton.
Mr. Edwards is a product of the common schools of Lawrence County, finished the course of the high school at Coal Grove in 1901, and for eleven years was active in educational work. Three years after beginning his career as a teacher he was appointed to the office of examiner of county schools, and was principal fur two years at South Point and then for three years superintendent of the schools at Coal Grove, and for two years was principal in the Ironton schools. Mr. Edwards graduated with the degree Ph.B. at Lebanon University in 1908, and took his law studies in the Northern Ohio University at Ada, finishing with the degree LL.B. in 1911. Admitted to the bar in the same year, he began practice at Ironton, January 15. 1912. and has since enjoyed a growing and profitable general practice.
Mr. Edwards is a Knight Templar Mason, and his other fraternities are the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a trustee of the Baptist Church and a member of the County Bar Association. For seven years in connection with other educational work he served as county school examiner. Outside of his profession, which absorbs practically all his time and attention, Mr. Edwards finds his pleasure in hunting, and is the owner of a fine residence on Sixth Street in Ironton. He was married to Pansy B. Winters, of Ashland, Kentucky, on May 28, 1914.
From "A Standing History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio" by Eugene B. Willard, Daniel W. Williams, George O. Newman and Charles B. Taylor. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, 1916