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Note: N227 1900-Census Student at Leland Stanford Junior University, Santa Clara, California, age 22
1906 - Letter to A J Edwards from David Starr Jordan, address for A J :1811 Vine Place Minneapolis, Minn. The letter is in response to an inquiry about Mr. Wells after the great San Francisco earthquake.
1908 - May 24 - Minneapolis Tribune - “Mrs. Mary E. Dawson of Oakland, Cal.,has issued invitations for the marriage of her daughter, Kathryn Grace, to Arthur Jordan Edwards, of Minneapolis, which will take place Monday evening, June 8.”
1908 - June 11 - Minneapolis Tribune - "DAWSON-EDWARDS - The marriage of Miss Kathryn Grace Dawson and Arthur Jordan Edwards took place at the home of the bride's mother in Oakland, Cal., Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock. The service was read by Rev. George W. White.
The bride's only attendant was her little niece, Dorthy Dawson, as flower girl. Paul Edwards, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man.
The ceremony took place in the drawing room, which was decorated with garlands of pink ivy geraniums and asparagus ferns. In the dining room, where the supper was served, the same color note of pink was carried out, where carnations and sweet peas were used with charming effect.
The bride was gowned in white silk messaline and her tulle veil was held by a cluster of the fragrant orange blossoms.
Mrs. Edwards is the daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Dawson and the late Edmund Dawson of Oakland, Cal. She is a graduate of the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art and Design, San Francisco. Mr. Edwards is a graduate of Stanford university and a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, after an extended wedding trip, will be at home in Minneapolis."
1908 - Nov 6 - Minneapolis Tribune - “Mrs. David Starr Jordan of Palo Alto, Ca. arrived yesterday to be the guest of her niece, Mrs. Seavey M. Bailey at her home, 82 Willow street. There will be a great deal of entertaining in compliment to Mrs. Jordan during her week’s visit to the city. Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs Arthur Edwards will entertain at dinner in honor of Mrs. Jordan at their home, 2100 Second avenue south.”
1909 - Aug 28 - Minneapolis Tribune - "AFTERNOON CARDS - Bridge and five hundred were played at the second post-nuptial affair which Mrs. Charles E. Brewster gave yesterday at her home, 717 Kenwood Parkway, for Mrs. Arthur Jordan Edwards, a recent bride. Garden flowers and American beauty roses formed the attractive decorations through the rooms. Mrs. Brewster was assisted by Mrs. Seavey Bailey and Mrs. Maude Edwards."
1909 - Minneapolis, Minnesota City Directory: Edwards, Arthur J Asst Sec Wells & Dickey Co. 66 N 11th St
1910-Census Living in Minneapolis, Minn working in Bonds
1918 - Draft Registration WWI - Arthur Jordan Edwards age 40, living at 4849 Dupont Ave. South Minneapolis, MN; investment banker for Wells Dickey Co.; wife Grace Dawson Edwards; medium height, slender build, blue eyes, lt brown hair, good condition. 9/14/18.
1919 - Member of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
1920-Census- living in Minneapolis, Minn, married, working as Secy for a Bonds company.
1920-Census-Arthur J Edwards (42), Katherine G Edwards(40), Katherine M (10), Elizabeth D (8), and Mary E Dawson (58) are living in Minneapolis, are livine at 4849 Dupont Ave South, Minneapolis, MN. The home is owned and mortgaged. Arthur is an Accountant. Mary E Dawson is Kathering G’s widowed mother.
1930-Census Arthur Edwards (52), Grace D Edwards (50), Kathryn Mab(20) and Betty D (18) are living at 128 Union St, Montclair, NJ . Arthur is a stockbroker. The two girls are in school. No occupation is listed for Grace.
1933 - Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Edwards of Montclair, NJ, have met with great sorrow in
the death, on Jan. 22, of their eldest daughter, Kathryn Mary
1940 Census - Arthur Edwards (62) and Grace Edwards (60) are lodgers at 163 Park Street, Montclair, Essex, NJ, a rooming house. They were living in the same place in 1935. Arthur, a broker, was unemployed 36 weeks in the past year, and worked 16 week in 1939. His income was $1000. He completed 4 years of college. Grace is recorded as an artist with her own studio.There are 11 people at this address, including Arthur and Grace.
1942 - Draft registration living at 163 Park St, Montclair, NJ, age 64. Employer’s name Kenneth R. Smith, 120 Broadway, NYC.
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“In the recent production by the Roosevelt Marching Club of Minneapolis—a club composed of the younger university men of the city—of the comic opera, ' The Queen of the Ballet,' Arthur J. Edwards, Stanford, '00, Leroy Thompson, Minnesota, '0o, and Carl S. Willis, Minnesota, '03, were cast. There were sixty men in the production, and performances were given in Minneapolis, Mankato and Fargo, N. D., to packed houses.”
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In 1911 Arthur was the Treasurer on the Executive Board and a Trustee of Administrative Fund for the Superintendents Department of the Young People’s Christian Union of the Universalist Church. His address listed as 434 Security Bank Bldg, Minneapolis, MN. He is also listed as President in another part of the document.
(from the Universalist Register )
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Assistant Secretary Wells-Dickey Co of Minneapolis Minnesota, an investment banking firm.
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EDWARD J EDWARDS Minneapolis and Chicago ARTHUR J EDWARDS San Francisco Mine Owners and Brokers AND MEMBERS OF THE ROSSMAN COMPANY Process for Refractory Gold Ores 811 Guaranty Building Minneapolis Minn
EJ Edwards Lombard 74 and AJ Edwards Stanford 00 are mine owners and brokers with headquarters in the Guaranty building Minneapolis As maybe inferred they are father and son President Jordan of Stanford is their brother in law and uncle respectively
(from “The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta” by Phi Delta Theta Fraternity v.25 1901)
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Obituary:
New York Times - Dec 12, 1949
Verona, N. J., Dec. 11 - Arthur J. Edwards, a retired broker and a former economist for J. P. Morgan Co., died at his home here last night, after an illness of several years. His age was 72.
Born in Decatur, Ill, he was graduated from Stanford University in 1900 and four years later joined the firm of Wells Dickey Company in Minneapolis, an important buyer of Municipal bonds in the Middle West.
He came East in 1924 as a statistician and economic adviser for the Morgan firm and in 1928 became head of the statistical department for the brokerage firm of Smith, Grahm & Rockwell at 50 Broadway. He retired ten years ago.
As a member of the Council for Social Action of the Congregational Church, he often appeared at legislative hearings.
(from the New York Times, 12 Dec, 1949) (Note: Arthur was born in Galesburg, IL, not Decatur)
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Arthur J Edwards was active in church affairs all his life. As a young man with the Universalist Church and later with the Congregationalists.
The New York Times archives has a number of articles mentioning Arthur J Edwards in legislative efforts focused on civil rights. One had to do with the way black people were treated in the agricultural fields of NJ. I’m not certain this Arthur J Edwards is our man, as I’ve seen mention of another with the same name in newspaper articles that identify that Arthur J Edwards as a social worker.
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Arthur Jordan Edwards
BIRTH
30 Nov 1877
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA
DEATH
11 Nov 1949 (aged 71)
Verona, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
BURIAL
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
MEMORIAL ID
200228544 · View Source
Family Members
Parents
Edward Junius Edwards 1854–1911
Mary Jordan Edwards 1854–1942
Spouse
Grace Dawson Edwards 1879–1943 (m. 1908)
Siblings
Marjorie Edwards Blake 1885–1931
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