EDWARD C. KRAMER, lawyer, Fairfield, a native of Wabash County, Ill., and son of Henry and Martha Kramer, now of Mount Erie, Wayne County, was born February 1, 1857. He was reared on the farm, and received his primary education in the public schools, and qualified himself for the profession of teaching, which he began in Edwards County in 1877. He attended the Central Indiana Normal School at: Ladoga, and at Danville after the school had been removed to the latter place. He graduated in the teachers' course in 1879, after which he took two terms' work in the department of language in the same institution.
In the early part of 1880, he entered the law office of Hanna & Adams as a student, with whom he performed the usual preparatory reading; was admitted to practice in February, 1882, since which time he has been practicing at Fairfield.
He was married in Grayville, Ill., in September, 1880, to Miss Laura J. Ellis, daughter of John and Mary Ellis. of Grayville. She was born in Grayville April 8, 1858. Both are honored members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Fairfield.
Mr. Kramer is a member of the Masonic order and A. 0. U. W. James, H. Kramer, of the firm of Kramer Bros., Fairfield, was born October 4, 1855, in Wabash County, and is the oldest of the family of twelve children of Henry and Martha Kramer. He is a practical teacher of several years experience, and was educated at Danville, Ind., graduating in the teachers course in 1880. He is also engaged in the implement trade, and associated with E. C. Kramer in the real estate business. Member of the Fairfield Methodist Episcopal Church.
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