Background
Edward Park Duplex, born in New Haven, Connecticut, was the oldest son of Prince Junior. and Adaline Duplex.
Edward Park Duplex, born in New Haven, Connecticut, was the oldest son of Prince Junior. and Adaline Duplex.
He was elected mayor of Wheatland, California in 1888. His father died in 1832 leaving Adaline, a dressmaker, to support the three Duplex children. Their mother joined them in 1860.
The family developed a successful business enterprise of hair care service and products.
Edward"s establishment in Wheatland, Yuba County, California became a center of political and social discourse, and he personally played a prominent politician in northern California, serving as mayor of Wheatland, a small community near Sacramento.