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Edward Lester Brewster

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Edward Lester Brewster

Birth
Brockport, Monroe County, New York, USA
Death
21 Mar 1911 (aged 68)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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He was educated at the Brockport Collegiate Institute, after which he spent two years at Buffalo, New York as clerk in a commercial house, in the study of practical business details and in a commercial college. In 1860 he came to Chicago and entered the banking house of Edward I. Tinkham & Co. Since that time Mr. Brewster has been closely identified with the banking interests of the city.

In January, 1868, he established the wholesale grocery house of Farrington & Brewster; In 1876, he created the firm of Edward L. Brewster & Company from which he retired in 1904.

He was one of the founders of Chicago Stock Exchange and served as President of the Exchange. He was an investment banker and served as a director of the Chicago Edison Company.
He was educated at the Brockport Collegiate Institute, after which he spent two years at Buffalo, New York as clerk in a commercial house, in the study of practical business details and in a commercial college. In 1860 he came to Chicago and entered the banking house of Edward I. Tinkham & Co. Since that time Mr. Brewster has been closely identified with the banking interests of the city.

In January, 1868, he established the wholesale grocery house of Farrington & Brewster; In 1876, he created the firm of Edward L. Brewster & Company from which he retired in 1904.

He was one of the founders of Chicago Stock Exchange and served as President of the Exchange. He was an investment banker and served as a director of the Chicago Edison Company.

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