| 词条 | Edward Williams (businessman) |
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|name = Edward Williams |image = EdwardPorterWilliams.jpg |caption = Edward Porter Williams |birth_name = Edward Porter Williams |birth_date = {{Birth date|1843|05|10}} |birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, US |death_date = {{death date and age|1903|05|04|1843|05|10}} |death_place = Cleveland, Ohio, US |resting_place = Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |occupation = Businessman |known_for = Founding partner of Sherwin-Williams Company |spouse = {{marriage|Mary Louise Mason |1869|1903}} |parents = William Williams Laura Fitch |education = Western Reserve College |children = Walter Williams Edward Mason Williams Sarah Granger Williams Lewis Mason Williams Reba Louise Williams }} Edward Porter Williams (May 10, 1843 – May 4, 1903) was an American businessman who co-founded the Sherwin-Williams Company with Henry Sherwin. Early lifeBorn in Cleveland, Ohio, he graduated from Cleveland Central High School in 1859, then earned a bachelor's (1864) and master's (1869) degree from Western Reserve College (now Case Western Reserve University).[1] Civil WarEdward and his brother Charles joined the Army in 1862, along with the entire Western Reserve College, faculty and student alike. They were assigned to Company B, 85th Ohio and held a short-term assignment at Camp Chase guarding Confederate prisoners. He mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, and had to be carried there on a cot, as he was recovering from typhoid fever. FamilyEdward married Mary Louise Mason. Children: Edward Mason Williams(Mary Redmond), Sarah Granger Williams(Abrahm Garfield), Lewis Mason Williams (Lester Coffeen), Reba Louise Williams (Arthur Douglas Baldwin), Walter Williams. BusinessIn 1865, Edward and his brother Charles, along with Edward L Day entered the glass business in Kent, Ohio as Day & Williams. He left that company in 1870, investing $15,000 to partner with Henry A. Sherwin. Edward P. Williams was Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of the company at the time of his death. BurialEdward Porter Williams is buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. References1. ^Hallett, Anthony; Hallett, Diane. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=2PJICBnrpDgC&pg=PA420 Entrepreneur Magazine Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs], Wiley, pp. 420–421. {{ISBN|0-471-17536-6}}. Further reading{{refbegin}}
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