Brig. Gen. Albert Gallatin Edwards

Brigadier General. Edwards graduated from West Point in 1832 & was assigned to duty at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. On April 28, 1835, he married Louise Cabanne, a descendant of the Chouteau family. He then resigned his commission & entered the mercantile trade. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Edwards had strong political connections & was an ardent Union sympathizer. He was appointed a brigadier general of Missouri militia & given responsibility for the St. Louis area. His service & his abilities in finance led to his appointment as assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury for the subtreasury bank in St. Louis. He later went into partnership with his son to establish the brokerage service of A.G. Edwards & Son.

Edwards served on the City Council of the Town of Kirkwood from 1865-1869. He resigned on August 3, 1869. http://www.kirkwoodmo.org/content/City-Departments/2037/history-of-...