G. T. Edwards, proprietor of the Pittsfield House, was born in Tennessee, March 25, 1814; he emigrated with his parents to Illinois in 1828, and settled in Sangamon county, where he resided until 1835, when he came to this county and settled in Pittsfield where he engaged in teaming. Two years afterward he was elected Constable, and appointed Deputy Sheriff under Col. Seeley, in which capacity he served for several years. In July, 1839, he married Miss Eliza M. Allred, a native of Tennessee, where she was born Oct. 29, 1822. They had 1 son and 1 daughter. Mrs. E. died July 30, 1842. The following year he married Miss Angeline Davis, a native of Kentucky, where she was born in 1821, and they had 3 children. She died Sept 28, 1853. His present wife, Delilah (Goodwin) is a native of this State. Mr. E. was elected Sheriff of Pike county in 1854 and served 2 years, when he purchased a farm in Newburg twp., and followed farming a short time, then engaged in hotel-keeping in Pittsfield, and was proprietor of stages and mail contractor. In 1862 he organized Co. A, 99th Ill. Inf., and participated in many of the principal battles of the war. After a year of service he was compelled to resign on account of poor health, and he was honorably discharged. Returning to his family he became proprietor of a hotel at Naples, Scott Co., and at Griggsville, Pike Co. In 1869 he, with other enterprising citizens, formed a stock company and erected the Pittsfield House, which has since been under his supervision. It is one of the largest and best kept hotels in the West.

Pike Co History (Chapman 1880)