72 JUKES ED WARDS 



York City, eminently prosperous and of great service 

 to the public. Alfred Edwards was founder and 

 senior partner in one of the largest wholesale dry 

 goods houses of New York for fifty years, known as 

 Alfred Edwards & Co. Amory was for many years a 

 member of the firm of Alfred Edwards & Co. He 

 was also United States Consul at Buenos Ayres, 

 and traveled extensively in South America. His 

 nephew, Win. H. Edwards, wrote of these travels. 

 This nephew, resident at Coalbough, West Virginia, 

 is the author of a famous work on " The Butterflies 

 of North America," and also of an important work 

 on "Shaksper nor Shakespeare." Kichard C. Ed- 

 wards was also a member of the firm of Alfred Ed- 

 wards & Co. and shared the prosperity of the house 

 with his brother. 



Rebecca T. Edwards, the eldest daughter, married 

 Benjamin Curtis, a wealthy merchant in business in 

 New York and Paris. She was married in Paris and 

 General Lafayette gave her away in place of her 

 father. Sarah H. Edwards married Bev. John N. 

 Lewis, a successful clergyman. Elizabeth T. Ed- 

 wards married Henry Rowland, an eminently suc- 

 cessful and useful citizen of New York, whose chil- 

 dren, like himself, have been honored in many ways. 



Ann Maria Edwards married Professor Edwards 

 A. Park, D. D., the president of Andover Theological 

 Seminary and the most eminent theologian of the 

 day. Their son, Rev. William Edwards Park, of 

 Gloversville, New York, is a preacher of rare ability. 



