Background
Edwards, Edward William was born on May 1, 1874 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Walter Raleigh and Ellen (Bryan) Edwards.
Edwards, Edward William was born on May 1, 1874 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Walter Raleigh and Ellen (Bryan) Edwards.
Educated Woodward High school and Nelson’s Business College.
Daughter—Mistress William Wood Prince. With Scott & Company, 1891-1898, Reeves Iron Company, Dover, Ohio, 1898-1901. Founder, 1901, The Edwards Manufacturing Company, manufacturers iron and steel.
Purchased Scott & Company, 1906, Canonsburg Steel and Iron Works, 1917, Kinnear Manufacturing Company, 1919, now chairman board. Chairman board The Edwards Manufacturing Company. President Cincinnati Rapid Transit Commission, 1914-December 1928.
Trustee Christ Hospital, Berea (Kentucky) College, Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, Cincinnati Music Hall Association, Cincinnati Art Museum.
Member Officers’ Examining Board, 1917-1918. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (France). Del Republican National Convention, 1924, delegate at large, 1932.
Past vice president Southwestern District of Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Member Christian (Disciples) Church. Clubs: Cincinnati (president 1913-1914), Commercial (president 1921-1922), Queen City, Cincinnati Country, Bald Peak Country, Cloud.
Collector of pictures.
Married Eleanore Zimmerman, November 14, 1901.