Bio of GEDNEY, Isidore V. (b.1870), 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

ISIDORE V. GEDNEY - Vol II, pg 756-757
From pioneer times to the present the name of Gedney has figured conspicuously
in industrial circles of Minneapolis in connection with the manufacture of
condiments, and Isidore V. Gedney is now at the head of the business, which for
over forty years has been operated by members of the family in this city. He was
born in Evanston, Illinois, March 11, 1870, a son of Matthias Anderson and
Calista Jane (Bailey) Gedney, in whose family were twelve children. A complete
record of the parents appears elsewhere in this work.
Isidore V. Gedney has been a resident of the city since 1892 and he attended the
public schools until he reached the age of fourteen, when he entered his
father's plant, beginning in a humble capacity and working his way through each
department of the business. He has since been identified with its operation and
at the death of its founder, in 1905, Mr. Gedney succeeded him in the
presidency, which office he is now capably filling. The business is conducted
under the name of the M. A. Gedney Com­pany and the products of the firm are
shipped to all parts of the country. They are manufacturers of vinegar, pickles
and condiments and operate three finishing plants and fifty salting houses in
Wisconsin and Minnesota. During the busy season, which comprises two months, Mr.
Gedirey directs the labors of eight hundred persons, but his regular force of
employes numbers two hundred and fifty. He is proving an able successor to his
father, never deviating from the high standards upon which the business was
founded, and his progressive spirit has enabled him to institute many well
devised plans for the further expansion and development of the undertaking,
which ranks with the largest industries of the kind in the Northwest and is one
of the pioneer concerns of the city. He also has financial interests, being a
director of the North American Bank of Minneapolis.
On the 3d of October, 1896, Mr. Gedney was united in marriage to Miss Sarah
Huntington of this city, and they have become the parents of two daughters:
Ruth, who married Jefferson Jones of Minneapolis; and Louise. In Masonry Mr.
Gedney has taken the thirty-second degree and he is also a Noble of Zuhrah
Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is appreciative of the social amenities of life
and is a member of the Minneapolis Club, the Lafayette Club, the Minikahda
Country Club and the Minne­apolis Athletic Club. The spirit of the father has
descended to the son, who displays marked executive ability in the management of
the interests built up by the latter's constructive genius and worthily bears a
name which for over four decades has stood as a synonym for honor, integrity and
enterprise in business circles in Minneapolis.