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Sarah ans Jonathan Edwards offspring
In 1900, historian A.E. Winship traced Sarah and Jonathan's lineage and published a study. He said, "Much of the capacity and talent, intelligence and character of the more than 1,400 of the Edwards' family is due to Mrs. Edwards."13
Winship reports how by 1900 their descendants included:
- thirteen college presidents
- sixty-five professors
- 100 lawyers and a dean of a law school
- thirty judges
- sixty-six physicians and a dean of a medical school
- eighty holders of public office, including:
- three U.S. Senators
- mayors of three large cities
- governors of three states
- a vice president of the United States
- a controller of the U.S. Treasury.
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