John Wayne and in them he played cowboys, cavalrymen, and unconquerable loners extracted from the Republic's central creation myth." Wayne's other roles in Westerns include a cattleman driving his herd north on the Chisholm Trail in "Red River" (1948), a Civil War veteran whose young niece is abducted by a tribe of Comanches in "The Searchers" (1956), a troubled rancher competing with a lawyer (James Stewart) for a woman's hand in marriage in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), and a cantankerous one-eyed marshal in "True Grit" (1969). He is also remembered for his roles in "The Quiet Man" (1952), "Rio
John Stark Edwards was elected Representative to the Thirteenth United States Congress from Ohio's 6th congressional district. John S. Edwards was the first man elected to the United States Congress who resided on the Western Reserve, but he did not live to take his seat. In January 1813, in company with two others, he left Warren with the intention of going to the Danbury peninsula (Marblehead Peninsula) of what was then Huron County to look after his property there. When near Lower Sandusky, a thaw coming on, the companions thought best to return for home. John Edwards got wet, was taken ill with