Thomas D. Edwards (1847–1935) was the U.S.

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, Mexico, 1905–17 and

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, 1919–22.

Biography

Edwards was born on April 30, 1847, in

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to John and Mary Evans, immigrants from

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. In 1877 he traveled to

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for the

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gold rush. He was appointed postmaster of Lead by

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. He was the editor of Lead City Daily Tribune. In 1899–1900 he married Lucy Mary Seymour (1866–1923). In 1905 he was appointed by

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as consul at Ciudad Juárez and served to 1917. In 1919–22, he was U.S. Consul in Cornwall, Ontario.Congressional Directory, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922 Edwards died in Lead, South Dakota, on August 3, 1935.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Thomas D. 1847 births 1935 deaths American expatriates in Mexico Consuls for the United States American people of Welsh descent People from Oneida County, New York People from Lead, South Dakota