W. C. Edwards, c1840 -1921

William Cameron Edwards descended from a Scottish pioneer who emigrated to Canada in 1819. His rise was legendary having started with "two axes and three spades" (and some additional help) to build the foundation of his first mill in Rockland. His company produced 3,000,000 feet of lumber during its first year of operation in 1868. He acquired '24 Sussex Drive' from J. M. Currier in 1902, only to have it expropriated from his family by the Federal Government after his death. A parliamentarian and senator, his family continued in the lumber business as D. Kemp Edwards until the latter part of the 20th century.