Sedgwick County KSGenWeb
Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.
Chapman Brothers 1888
Pages 1120 – 1121
EDWARD W. BEEDLE, of the firm of Eichhoitz, Beedle & Jeffries, is with his partners engaged in the coal trade at Wichita, dealing in all kinds of this commodity and enjoying a liberal patronage. His business office is located at the corner of Rock Island avenue and Decatur street, and his residence is at No. 229 North Fourth avenue.
Our subject was born in Darke County, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1852, and is the son of Isaac N. and Margaret (Dean) Beedle, who were also natives of the Buckeye State. Isaac Beedle was born Sept. 23, 1821, and departed this life Jan. 6, 1872. He was a dealer in hardware, and also connected with the Ohio Lightning Rod Company for many years. The mother was born Oct. 22, 1822, is still living and in good health.
Young Beedle continued with his parents until about eighteen years of age, then starting out for himself made his way to Chicago, Ill., and became freight agent of the Michigan Central Railroad. This position he occupied several years, and later was chief clerk seven times for the Southwestern Railroad Association. Upon coming to Wichita he took charge of the freight and passenger department of the Rock Island Road at this point, in which capacity he served creditably. The firm of Eichhoitz, Beedle & Jeffries stand at the head of the coal trade in Wichita, doing probably four times the business of any other firm in the city in this line. In due time their headquarters will be at the Manhattan Hotel, at the corner of Douglas and Topeka avenues.
The marriage of our subject with Miss Fanny Closs took place on the 9th of April, 1880. Mrs. Beedle was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 12, 1854, and is now the mother of two children living—Fanny M. and Edna M. Edwin, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Beedle, died in infancy in Chicago. Mr. B., politically, is a Republican, dyed-in-the-wool, and religiously, a member of the Episcopal Church.
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