Bio of BARBER, Edwin Roswell, Jr. (b.1892), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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EDWIN ROSWELL BARBER, JR. - Vol III, pg 358-359
Edwin Roswell Barber, Jr., is the president of the Barber Milling Company of
Minneapolis and a representative of one of the oldest and most honored families
of the city, the family name being inseparably interwoven with the history of
commercial and financial growth here through many decades. The grandfather was
Daniel R. Barber, who became one of the pioneer residents of Minneapolis,
arriving here from New England in the year 1856. He brought with him his family,
including his little son, Edwin R. Barber, then four years of age. The latter
was born in Benson, Rutland county, Vermont, November 22, 1852, and having
arrived at years of maturity he wedded Hattie Sidle, a daughter of Henry G.
Sidle, who established the First National Bank of Minneapolis and was a
prominent figure in the business and financial circles of the city to the time
of his death, which occurred August 29, 1898, when he had reached the age of
seventy-six years. Edwin R. Barber, Sr., a sketch of whom appears on another
page of this work, passed away December 29, 1920, at the age of sixty-eight
years. His widow is still living, at the age of sixty-nine years.
Edwin R. Barber, Jr., was born in Minneapolis, October 29, 1892. He pursued his
education in the public schools of the city until he had completed the work of
the eighth grade and then went to Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where he attended a
pre­paratory school for a period of four years. -He next entered the University
of Min­nesota at Minneapolis, in which he continued as a student for a year and
a half, and when eventually he put aside his textbooks it was to make a start in
the business world. He was first employed by the Nye-Jenks Grain Company for a
period of two years, after which he became associated with the Barber Milling
Company, of which he is now the president and treasurer. The business was
established by his grand­father in 1859, at a pioneer epoch in the history of
the city and in 1872 the firm name was changed to D. R. Barber & Son, under
which style the business was conducted until 1896, when it was incorporated
under the present name. This company is the oldest in point of years of all the
milling companies in the city and also secured the first water rights whereby
power was obtained to conduct a milling business. Today this plant is the only
mill that uses water power exclusively. The business was orig­inally capitalized
for seventy-five thousand dollars and this has never been changed, although the
resources of the company have greatly increased with the passing years and the
constant growth of its business. A progressive policy has always been
main­tained and Edwin R. Barber of this review, in keeping with the spirit that
was insti­tuted at the beginning, has carried on the business along steadily
advancing lines and by reason of his thoroughness, close application and
unremitting energy has enjoyed a growing success, such as characterized the
undertaking at its inception.
On the 9th of June, 1915, Mr. Barber was married in Renville, Minnesota, to Miss
Etta O'Connor, a daughter of Timothy O'Connor, who is engaged in the banking
busi­ness in many Minnesota towns. Mr. and Mrs. Barber have one child, Edwin R.
(III), now six years of age. They own their home at No. 1901 Humboldt avenue,
South.
In his political belief Mr. Barber has always been a republican, giving stalwart
support to the party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. His
religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and he is also well known in
club circles as a member of the Minneapolis and Lafayette Clubs. He plays golf
and is fond of all clean sports, finding his recreation in this way. His life
has been passed in this city, where he is most widely and favorably known, and
that his entire career is as an open book which all may read is indicated in the
fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his
boyhood to the present.