EDWARDS, JOHN (Eos Glan Twrch ; 1806-1887), poet and prose-writer;
b. 15 April 1806, at Tyn-y-fedw, Llanuwchllyn, Mer. He received some education under Michael Jones (q.v.) and was a member of ‘Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion Llanuwchllyn.’ He emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1828, lived for a while in New York, in Utica in 1831, and again in New York (1834-42), where he m. Mary James, a native of Newcastle Emlyn, Carms. He moved to Floyd, N.Y., and engaged in farming there for twenty-four years. He left Floyd in 1866 to go to a smaller farm near Rome, N.Y., where he remained until his death [on 20 Jan. 1887]. He became known among Welsh Americans as a poet and prosewriter. He won several prizes in American eisteddfodau; he also contributed numerous poems and articles to such journals as Yr Arweinydd, Haul Gomer, Y Cymro Americanaidd, Y Wasg, Y Drych, Y Cyfaill, and The Old Countryman. He published a selection of his poetical work under the title of Llais o'r Llwyn: sef Barddoniaeth, ar Amryfal Destynau (Utica, 1854).
Bibliography:
- The Cambrian (Utica), 1887, 96-9;
- Llais o'r Llwyn, 1854;
- Y Cyfaill (Utica), 1850-87;
- The Sentinel (Rome, N.Y.), 1887;
- Y Wasg (Pittsburgh);
- [T. Morgan, Enw. Cym.].
Author:
Robert (Bob) Owen, O.B.E., M.A., (1885-1962), Croesor
