Gaston, Joseph. "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912." Vol. 4. Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 952. CHARLES EDWARDS has been a westerner since boyhood, coming to California in the early Î50s. He owns two hundred acres of timber land in the Golden state and forty acres in Josephine county, Oregon, near Murphy, where he has made his home for many years. He was born in Louisiana, April 17, 1842, a son of Hiller and Eliza (Fluker) Edwards, and is one of four children born to his parents. After receiving a common-school education in his native state he left Louisiana and the parental roof at the age of about thirteen years and by ox teams crossed the plains to California. On arriving in the latter state he obtained employment in the mines, for a time, and also was one of a threshing machine crew, working at sewing bags. While in California he acquired two hundred acres of valuable timber land, which he still owns. Later in life, he removed to Oregon, and purchased forty acres of land in Josephine county, near Murphy, and upon that property he has since made his home. Charles Edwards is a democrat and has always taken interest in public affairs. He has long been recognized as one of Joesphine countyâs valued and honored citizens and has great faith in the future of his section of the country. He is a man of genial disposition, optimistic and warm-hearted, and these qualities have gained for him a large number of personal friends and have made him well liked in the community in which he lives. Among his most valued possessions is an heirloom in the form of a violin, which is about two hundred years old. This instrument he cherishes highly and would not think of parting with it. This biography was transcribed and contributed by Sarah Olsen Head Researcher Frazier Farmstead Museum http://www.museum.bmi.net/