Bio of BEDFORD, Dr. Edgar William (b.1888), 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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EDGAR WILLIAM BEDFORD, M. D. - Vol III, pg 379-380
A representative member of the medical profession in Minneapolis is Dr. Edgar
William Bedford, a veteran of the World war. He was born in Sheboygan,
Wisconsin, on the 12th of July, 1888, a son of Edgar and Freida (Reinke)
Bedford, natives of Wisconsin. His father was chief of the fire department of
Sheboygan for many years and is now living there, retired, and he and his wife
are prominent and highly esteemed citizens. To their union two children were
born, a daughter and a son, Dr. Bedford being the younger.
In the acquirement of his early education Edgar William Bedford attended the
public schools of Sheboygan and in due time was graduated from high school. He
then entered the University of Wisconsin, from which institution he was
graduated in 1912, with the B. S. degree. His earliest ambition was to become a
physician and surgeon and upon the completion of his literary education he
enrolled in the Rush Medical College at Chicago, which institution conferred the
M. D. degree upon him in 1914. After graduation he served three years as an
interne in the Cook County Hos­pital, the Children's Memorial Hospital and the
Augustana Hospital, all of Chicago. At the termination of that time he returned
to his native city and began practice, achieving immediate success. He practiced
there eight months and was then appointed a first lieutenant in the medical
corps and two months later was promoted to a captaincy and stationed at Fort
Riley, Kansas, at the Medical Officers Training Camp. He remained there two
months and was then assigned to the Thirty-sixth Division at Fort Worth, Texas,
with Field Hospital No. 144. He was connected with that hospital from October,
1917, until June, 1918, when he sailed for France with the Thirty-sixth
Division. He was in active service in the Champagne sector, having charge of the
field hospital there, and he was going into the Argonne sector when the
armistice was signed, closing hostilities. He was then sent to Tonnere and
assigned to the University of Paris for a course in plastic surgery. In June,
1919, he returned to America and received his honorable discharge at Camp Grant,
with the rank of captain, although he had been mentioned for promotion.
Immediately after his dis­charge he came to Minneapolis and resumed his
profession, being associated with Dr. Earl Hare for one year. He then
established offices for himself at No. 3000 Henne-pin avenue and has since
practiced independently. Dr. Bedford profited greatly by his service overseas
and he stands high among the foremost members of his profession in the county
and state. He enjoys an extensive and representative patronage and is on the
general staff of the St. Barnabas Hospital and is a member of the surgical
clinic of the Wells Memorial Hospital.
In Chicago, on the 29th of September, 1917, was celebrated the marriage of Dr.
Bedford and Miss Gladys Grinnell, a daughter of Frederick Grinnell of Marinette,
Wis­consin, of which city the family are old and honored residents. To their
union one daughter has been born, Janet E., who is three and one-half years of
age; and a son, born March 9, 1923, named Frederick G.
Since attaining his majority Dr. Bedford has followed an independent course in
politics, giving his support to the man he thinks best fitted for the office
without regard for party principles. His religious faith is that of the
Episcopal church and fraternally he is identified with the Masons, holding
membership in Zarthan Lodge, No. 309. Along strictly professional lines he is
connected with the American Medical Association and the Hennepin County Medical
Association, and he is an alumnus of Phi Rho Sigma fraternity. Dr. Bedford is
sincerely devoted to his profession and gives unselfishly of his time to his
patients. His personality has been one of the dominant factors in his success
and his skill commands the respect of all who know him. He finds recreation in
the great outdoors and he spends the greater part of his vacations in hunting
and fishing.