EDWARD LYMAN EDDY

Sacramento County

Biographies

EDWARD LYMAN EDDY

EDWARD LYMAN EDDY--A wide-awake, experienced and thoroughly progressive dealer in real estate and insurance, specializing in hotel properties throughout the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, is Edward Lyman Eddy, the popular broker, who is justly credited with being one of the best-informed men as to Sacramento County affairs in northern California. He was born in Cowley County, Kansas, on September 21, 1880, the son of Edward and Harriet (Rathburn) Eddy, who have since passed on to the reward of their long and unselfish labors.

Lyman attended the public schools and thoroughly imbibed the patriotic spirit of the true young American; and later, he enjoyed an exceptionally fine law course. When he decided to come up to the Coast, he took up newspaper work in San Francisco; and in 1902 he went south to Los Angeles and continued his journalistic career until, in 1906, he removed to Sacramento. Since then, he has been active in his present field, safeguarding the interests of those already established here, and encouraging others to invest. Conditions in respect to real estate in California have for years been so peculiar that the happy combination of experience and honor has been of the greatest importance to all concerned when possessed by the operator; while conditions in the insurance world at large demand the qualities for which Mr. Eddy is so widely known. Now Mr. Eddy, as the result of his idealistic efforts and common sense conservatism, enjoys a dependable patronage by those well-acquainted with his principles and service, and he is undoubtedly one of the most successful men in his field.

A Republican in matters of national political import, Mr. Eddy is a live wire in the Chamber of Commerce of Sacramento, in which he has served as a director; he is also a member of the Ad Club, and is a Knight Templar Mason and a Shriner. He is fond of all outdoor life, and is unceasing in his efforts to promote the best interests of Sacramento City and County.

Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.

Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 933-934. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.