Background
Taussig, Edward Holmes was born on October 23, 1892 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Edward and Harriet (Holmes) Taussig.
Taussig, Edward Holmes was born on October 23, 1892 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Edward and Harriet (Holmes) Taussig.
Student public schools, St. Louis.
Clerk Texas Oil Corporation, Houston, 1911-1912. Stockbroker's assistant, 1912-1914. Traveling representative cotton factorage business, 1915-1917.
Founder Towles & Taussig, 1919, partner, 1919-1926. Member Dufton, Taussig & Company, 1926-1941. President Ed Taussig Ford, Inc., Lake Charles, Louisiana, from 1941, Sulphur (Louisiana) Motor Company, 1941-1963.
President Educated Taussig Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., Auto Leasing & Sales Company, Inc., Lake Charles, from 1950, Calcam Tractor & Equipment Company, Lake Charles, from 1946. Vice president Donaldson Ford Company, Inc., Sulphur. Advisory director Gulf States Utilities Company, Beaumont, Texas.
Board directors Louisiana & Southern Life Insurance Company, Incorporated, New York Orleans.
Public member War Manpower Commission for Southwest Louisiana, 1942-1946, Louisiana State Labor Board, 1948-1952. Chairman Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission. Director Lake Charles chapter American Red Cross.
Captain United States Army, 1917-1918. Member Lake Charles Association Commerce (past president), Louisiana Automobile Dealer Association, Southwest Louisiana Hospital Association (vice president, executive committee), Public Affairs Research Council Louisiana (executive committee, past president), American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Travelers Protection Association, Pioneer Club, Rotary (past president local chapter), Golf and Country Club (past president).
Married Renza Brown, April 11, 1923 (divorced 1934). 1 child, Renza (Mistress Junk). Married Florence Streater, July 21, 1935.
1 child, James Edward.