Julius Lyman Edwards was a son of Julius Edwards and Theodosia, daughter of Solomon Lyman and wife, Lois. His older ancestors were Alexander, Benjamin. He was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, September 29, 1821; came in 1839 to a farm in section 27, Sugar Creek, and his father bought parcels of land in Lafayette and Troy; married March 5, 1846, Wealthy Amanda, daughter of Seth Rust and Jerusha Starr. She was born at Northampton, July 8, 1817; died at Elkhorn, April 2, 1906. In 1861 Mr. Edwards became president of the bank at Elkhorn, at which place he came to live about 1866. Ten years later he became senior member of the dry goods firm of Edwards & Preston, the junior being Dwight Preston, He died August 4, 1890. His children were Frances, Adelaide (1848-1893) and Alice (Mrs. J. Edwin Wheeler, of LaCrosse).
From: Beckwith, A.C. (1912). History of Walworth County Wisconsin