EDWARD R. LIST. The subject of this sketch was born October 12, 1870, on the farm of his grandfather, A. M. Woodward, situated one mile west of Odin.
His father, W. B. List, was a native of Kentucky and served through the war in the Union army as a member of the Second Illinois Cavalry. Shortly after the close of the Rebellion he was united in marriage, October 3, 1867, with Miss Clementina, daughter of A. M. Woodward, of Odin, this state.
Although a young man, the subject of this sketch has for some time been an active worker in the ranks of the Republican party and is at present editor of the Neivs, the organ of that political organization in Odin.
February 24, 1892, he married Miss Adele Roll, daughter of Andrew Roll, of Sandoval, this state.
Source: "Portrait and Biographical Record Clinton, Washington, Marion and Jefferson Counties, Illinois"
Chapman Publishing Co, Chicago, 1894
Pages 401 & 402
Submitted by Sandy (Whalen) Bauer