City: Memphis
RAWLINGS, Edwards LeMaster, plumbing business; born Memphis, Tenn., July 21, 1855; English-Scotch descent; son of Joseph John and Sophia Harris (Tate) RAWLINGS; father’s occupation, merchant; educated in the private schools of Memphis, Tenn.; in early life was a bookkeeper; married Clara LeMASTER, May 27, 1880; member Live Oak Camp, W. O. W.; Independent Democrat; member of Presbyterian church, U. S. A.; entered plumbing business in 1880 as bookkeeper J. W. X. Browne; in 1893 entered business for himself under firm name of Rawlings & McGowan, succeeded by Rawlings & Tisdale, succeeded by present firm of E. L. Rawlings & Co., Memphis, Tenn.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
