Evening star., 1926-08-06
JOHN |. EDWARDS,
F|NANC|ER, DIES
Nationally Known Broker
Was President of D. C..
Stock Exchange.

John Lewis Edwards, head of John
/. Edwards & Co., nationally known
brokers. and president of the Wash
ington Stock Exchange, died today at
his home, 1906 F street, from heart
complications following pneumonia,
The end came at 6 o'clock this
morning in the presence of his wife
and daughter and other immediate
relatives. The old family residence
in which he died was the same In
which he was born AZ years ago.
The immediate cause of death was
acute dilation of the heart, consequent
TO bronchial pneumonia. He had
been seriously i'll for the past 10 days.
Z Was Financial Leader.
The death of Mr.. Edwards removes
from Washington business circles one
of the city's leading financiers, club
mon and civic workers. His business
connections were multitudinous and
widespread His unostentatious phi
lanthropies contributed to his popular
ity in business, civic and social circles
OF the Capital.
He was the son of the late John i.
Edwards, a distinguished Washington
tan of the past generation, and a
grandson of James L. Edwards Of
Revolutionary War fame, who served
his country first in the Navy and then
in the Army, resigning to accept ap-
pointment as the first commissioner of
pensions in the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Edwards was born February 4,
1879. His mother was Miss Florence
Z. Bowie of Maryland, a direct de-
scendant of Gov. Bowie of Mary
land. He was educated in the schools
of the. District of Columbia and gained
his first business experience as an en-
ploye of the old National Bank of the
Republic, and, later. he was with the
American Security & Trust Co, from
which institution he resigned in 1902
to found a real estate business.
Formed Own Firm.
He organized the firm of John l..
Edwards & Co, a New York Stock Ex-
change house, in 1912, at 1415 G. street,
associating with himself in the bust
ness the late Albert P. Madeira. Sub
sequently this business was removed
to 1926 New York avenue, and from
thence to the present home of the
firm at 1416 II street.
Mr.. Edwards had been exceedingly
active in recent years in the civic,
business and club life of the COM
munity. He was a member of the
Metropolitan Club, the Chevy Chase
Club, the National Press Club, the
Aztec Club, the Blue Ridge Rod and
Gun Club, near Harpers Ferry, w. Va;
the Westmoreland Club of Richmond,
Va, and numerous other city and
country clubs in various part Of the
United States.
He was a member of the New York
Stock Exchange and a member of the
Washington Board of Trade and the
Rotary Club, a director of the Riggs
National Bank, the Norfolk & Wash
ington Steamboat Co. and the Fire
mems Insurance Co. and was in
terested financially and otherwise in
innumerable business and philan-
thropic activities in this city. He was
q member of Temple-Noyes Lodge,
B. A. A. NJ, and of Epiphany Episco-
pal Church.
Widow Survives.
Mr.. Edwards is survived by his
widow, who was Miss Gertrude Har-
rison, daughter of the old Harrison
family of Virginia; his daughter, Mrs.
John Elbrfdge Parker; his grandson,
John Edwards Parker; his half-sister,
Mrs. Ringwalt of Germantown, Pa,
and two cousins, Miss Annie L. Ed
wards of this city and John Winthrop
Edwards of Paris, France.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock from the
family residence. Further arrange
ments will be announced later.