Dr Gaston Edwards was the son of Dr George W and Ann Eliza Holcombe Edwards. He served as a surgeon in the Colon Hospital in the Pamana Canal Zone. After he settled in Orlando in 1909 he began practicing medicine here. In 1917 he took a leave of absence from the City Health Board to serve the American Red Cross in Salonika, Greece.
He built the building at the corner of Eola Dr and Robinson street in 1922 (it's now the Panera Bread Restaurant) and developed it into a modern clinic with Dr John McEwan and a staff of 11 doctors.
In 1927 to honor Dr Edwards, Ivanhoe Park was renamed Gaston Edwards Park.
He was married to Adair Irwin Dunn, daughter of Capt Edward Warren David Dunn and Augusta Hardin Dunn.
(information provided by janet rn)
He built the building at the corner of Eola Dr and Robinson street in 1922 (it's now the Panera Bread Restaurant) and developed it into a modern clinic with Dr John McEwan and a staff of 11 doctors.
In 1927 to honor Dr Edwards, Ivanhoe Park was renamed Gaston Edwards Park.
He was married to Adair Irwin Dunn, daughter of Capt Edward Warren David Dunn and Augusta Hardin Dunn.
(information provided by janet rn)
Dr Gaston Edwards was the son of Dr George W and Ann Eliza Holcombe Edwards. He served as a surgeon in the Colon Hospital in the Pamana Canal Zone. After he settled in Orlando in 1909 he began practicing medicine here. In 1917 he took a leave of absence from the City Health Board to serve the American Red Cross in Salonika, Greece.
He built the building at the corner of Eola Dr and Robinson street in 1922 (it's now the Panera Bread Restaurant) and developed it into a modern clinic with Dr John McEwan and a staff of 11 doctors.
In 1927 to honor Dr Edwards, Ivanhoe Park was renamed Gaston Edwards Park.
He was married to Adair Irwin Dunn, daughter of Capt Edward Warren David Dunn and Augusta Hardin Dunn.
(information provided by janet rn)
He built the building at the corner of Eola Dr and Robinson street in 1922 (it's now the Panera Bread Restaurant) and developed it into a modern clinic with Dr John McEwan and a staff of 11 doctors.
In 1927 to honor Dr Edwards, Ivanhoe Park was renamed Gaston Edwards Park.
He was married to Adair Irwin Dunn, daughter of Capt Edward Warren David Dunn and Augusta Hardin Dunn.
(information provided by janet rn)
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Buried with his wife, Adair Irwin Dunn Edwards
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