San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 11/24/2009
WILLIAM M. EDWARDS
An industrious, straightforward business man who has been rewarded with an enviable success, is William M. Edwards, for nearly four decades a Californian by adoption, and second to none in his loyalty to the Golden State. He was born in Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa, on October 8, 1870. While still a small boy, his parents removed to Des Moines and there he was reared and educated in the public schools, until the family removed to California in 1886, when our subject attended the Washington grammar school in Stockton. After leaving school he was employed in the carriage factory of M.P. Henderson & Son and learned the trade of trimmer and upholsterer and worked for them for four years; then he went to San Francisco and followed his trade for one year. In 1896 he returned to Stockton and was employed as a mechanic by W.O. Bigelow, who supplied carriage trimmings, and later he was the foreman for the same company, remaining with them for nine years. In February, 1914, he opened a small shop at 129 East Miner Avenue; later a larger and more commodious store was built for him, and he started to repair automobile tops, but very soon he branched out into making automobile tops, tailored seat covers, cushions, curtains, carpets, etc. His business has increased seven-fold within the last five years, and on account of his years of experience in his line he draws his customers from Calaveras and Contra Costa counties, as well as from San Joaquin County. All the workmen he employs are qualified to do first class work and he enjoys an ever increasing patronage.
The marriage of Mr. Edwards united him with Miss Isabelle Lemue, a native of Nevada County, and they are the parents of seven children. Mrs. Edwards is now deceased. Mr. Edwards has never failed to do his part as a public-spirited citizen and many are the projects that he has boosted that have helped to make San Joaquin County one of the best known localities in California.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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