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The estate was later sold to the ironmaster Richard Thompson who in the 1830’s built his home, Stansty Hall, on the grounds.
After graduating from West Point in 1832, A.G. Edwards served briefly with the United States Army's first permanent cavalry unit, based south of St Louis.
the first John Edwards from Essex arrived in 1835 and was apparently a storekeeper in Waikato on North Island.
Ninian's wife, Elizabeth, was a member of the powerful Todd family of Kentucky, and her cousin, John Todd Stuart, became the law partner of Abraham Lincoln in 1839.
Founded by Robert Edwards & David Rousseau in 1872 The Edwards Company has had a rich history of accomplishments.
1873 Rousseau withdrew from the partnership and his place was taken by Adam Lungen.
He acquired the El Mecuria newspaper in 1877, which was carried on by his son Augustin.
In 1877, when this valuable estate in downtown Manhattan would have reverted to his heirs, many so-called descendants emerged to stake a claim on the Edwards millions.
1880- Edwards Company left the basement of the Lungen family's jewelry store, moved into a three-story plant, and began manufacturing wooden conduits and housings for burglar alarms.
1881- Robert Edwards obtained his first patent for an electric bell.
1884- Edwards displayed its wares at the first electrical show in the United States.
1886- Along with burglar alarms and fixture igniters, the Edwards catalog listed for the first time electrically wound clocks, program systems, and coils.
1898: A.G. Edwards buys a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
1900: A New York branch office is established.
The basic design is used for today's Edwards AdaptaBel . 1901- First national distributor of "electrical house goods" appointed by Edwards Company.
1901- First national distributor of "electrical house goods" appointed by Edwards Company.
1903- New York Stock Exchange bell installed to start the beginning and ending of trading each day.
1912- Edwards carriage call, an all-weather annunciator for department store marquees, introduced.
1917: Company sells 'Liberty Bonds,' thus introducing financial savings alternatives to small investors.
1917- Watertight bells and submarine detection devices built for the Navy, special telegraph apparatus developed for the Signal Corps.
But in 1925 they started bus services in Pontypridd and expanded to be one of Wales’ leading tour operators.
Frank “Buddy” Dunn founded the company in 1925, not as a paint maker but as a wallpaper store in Los Angeles.
1927- Holland Tunnel opened with Edwards emergency signaling installed in twin 2-mile tubes.
Fortunately for AGE, St Louis brokerage houses kept their margin requirements higher than the New York firms, thus softening the pain of October 24, 1929, when the stock market crash wiped out many investors and began ten years of national depression.
AGE came through the crisis of 1929 in relatively good condition, its largest single loss only $5,000 (on an account of $1 million), but the years following were bleak.
1935- Lungen buzzers 11,300 feet below the earth's surface vibrated survey instrument at the bottom of the world's deepest oil well.
1936- New break-glass fire stations introduced to replace hammer and chain types.
In 1938, he partnered with his friend Arthur C. Edwards, a former painting contractor and pigment salesman, to form the Dunn-Edwards Corporation.
He remained president of the Exchange until 1941, when he joined the Army.
1941- World's largest car ferry, the City of Midland, left its Michigan waterways equipped with Edwards watertight signals.
AGE had long been open to new technology, having installed its first computer system in 1949.
1950- New Edwards plant in Canada opened at Owen Sound, Ontario.
1951- Tear-drop fire alarm station introduced: called by Associated Press "a model of fool-proof simplicity."
At the head of this 300-person brokerage force was Benjamin Franklin Edwards III, who joined his great-grandfather's company in 1956 and ten years later was its president at the age of 33.
1964- Edwards fire alarm system specified for world's largest structure, the 52-story Vertical Assembly Building at Cape Kennedy.
When Benjamin Edwards took over the top spot at AGE in 1965, the nation's economy was booming and brokerage houses were expanding on every front.
1966: Benjamin F. Edwards III, great grandson of founder, is appointed managing partner.
1966- Police and fire control centers for the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, largest municipal public system in Canada, designed and installed by Edwards.
In 1966, Edwards Laboratories was purchased by American Hospital Supply Corporation and became American Edwards Laboratories.
1967: A.G. Edwards incorporates, and Benjamin F. Edwards is named CEO and chairman.
He worked there until moving to Grant Thornton & Co. in 1970, where he became the partner in charge of data processing and consulting services.
1971- JFK Center for the Performing Arts equipped with Edwards fire alarm system.
1973- Edwards acquires Electrons, Inc., maker of the Cat.
Customer loyalty was tested severely in the period following the SEC's 1975 decision to deregulate commission rates.
1976- Edwards introduces a new ionization smoke detector.
Amazingly, the company had grown at an average rate of 60 percent a year since its inception in 1977.
1979- Edwards introduces the new Greenline Series Fire Alarm Bells.
1981- Edwards incorporates state-of-the-art micro-processor technology into a new generation of "programmable" signals with the launch of the Adaptatone product line.
1982- Edwards begins a planned expansion of hazardous location audible and visual signals that will result in the most up-to-date and complete line in the industry.
In betting on the System/38, J.D. Edwards redesigned every one of its applications in 1983 to be compatible with the System/38 platform.
McVaney and fellow managers seemed to have made the right decision in focusing on the IBM System/38 in 1983: Sales growth was, indeed, brisk.
1984- The first Edwards piezo-electric signals are introduced, marking the introduction of the latest technology in light duty signaling.
Then, in 1985, American Edwards was acquired by Baxter International Inc.
1985- Edwards begins a planned expansion of industrial strobes and beacon products that will result in the highest quality and most complete line in the industry today.
As late as 1985, by which time Edwards' had dumped a whopping $23 million into AS400-related research and development, IBM was weighing its options.
1986- A new, current technology photoelectric smoke detector is introduced by Edwards.
To keep up with spiraling demand, Edwards expanded its sales offices to include nine cities by late 1986.
The most dramatic demonstration of AGE's independence from Wall Street fashions--and the strength derived from such independence--was provided by the market crash in October 1987, the year AGE celebrated its 100th anniversary.
In 1988, therefore, McVaney launched an aggressive international expansion program.
New applications for the System/38 drove growth until 1988, when the AS400 was finally introduced.
In 1990 the firm spent $25 million to upgrade and expand its computer system, adding a satellite-based communications system that allowed the St Louis headquarters and branch offices to transmit data and voice messages.
Going into 1992, Edwards was the largest producers of IBM midrange software in the world and the 30th largest software designer in the entire United States.
That's humbling to me." By 1992 Edwards was selling its software packages translated into Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Arabic, among other languages, and the company had opened offices in London, Brussels, France, Germany, and Australia.
1994- Edwards introduces highly advanced, multi-element sensor technology into the "Commercial" fire alarm market place.
1994- Edwards acquires the signaling product line from Benjamin Division of Thomas Industries.
Evidencing its ongoing commitment to technological leadership, J.D. Edwards completed the development in 1994 of WorldVision, which was a PC-based software product designed to operate in the popular Windows software environment.
In 1995 J.D. Edwards was supporting branch offices in Europe and Asia and shipping its software throughout the world.
J.D. Edward's sales continued to surge in the first six months of 1995 as its work force ballooned to 1,800.
1996: A.G. Edwards launches web site.
Despite its contention that clients seldom invested wisely when allowed to trade on their own money, in 1997 the company began to offer clients that very option.
Not only was AGE selected as one of 'The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America' in Fortune magazine's annual survey for a fourth time in 1998, but the company also received recognition and top honors in publications including SmartMoney, Worth, and Kiplinger's.
1998 - Edwards introduces a new line a stackable visual signals, LED flashing and steady visual signals and strobes.
In 1999 AGE announced it would allow clients to make online trades, but only with the approval of a broker and a commission.
Fiscal 1999 also saw AGE's fourth consecutive record year in both revenue and net earnings.
In fiscal 1999 alone, AGE added 45 offices and nearly 500 employees.
In early 2000, the company was spun-off as an independent, publicly-held corporation and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “EW.”
2005 - Edwards acquired by General Electric.
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