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John Wiley Edmands Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Preceded by James H. Duncan Succeeded by William S. Damrell Personal details Born March 1, 1809 Boston, Massachusetts Died January 31, 1877(1877-01-31) (aged 67) Newton, Massachusetts Party Whig, Republican

**John Wiley Edmands** (March 1, 1809 – January 31, 1877) was a member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).

Edmands was born in [Boston](/source/Boston%2C_Massachusetts) on March 1, 1809. He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from [English High School of Boston](/source/English_High_School_of_Boston). He became interested in [woolen](/source/Wool) mills in [Dedham](/source/Dedham%2C_Massachusetts) and the Pacific Mills Company in [Lawrence](/source/Lawrence%2C_Massachusetts).

Edmands was elected as a [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) to the [Thirty-third Congress](/source/33rd_United_States_Congress) (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854, and returned to Pacific Mills and served as its treasurer. Edmands was a presidential elector on the [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) ticket in 1868.

He died in [Newton](/source/Newton%2C_Massachusetts) on January 31, 1877. His interment was in [Mount Auburn Cemetery](/source/Mount_Auburn_Cemetery) in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts).

## Mill owner

### Maverick Woolen Mills

Following [Benjamin Bussey](/source/Benjamin_Bussey)'s 1842 death, his woolen mill on [Mother Brook](/source/Mother_Brook) was sold in November 1843 to Edmands, who was then one of the partners in the company that served as the mill's selling agent, Amos & Abbot Lawrence.[1] The land was purchased for $30,000 while the machinery, the stock, and materials were sold for more than $45,000.[1] In 1850, he sold half of the company, which he renamed [Maverick Woolen Mill](/source/Mother_Brook#Maverick_Woolen_Mills), to [Gardner Colby](/source/Gardner_Colby).[1]

### Merchants Woolen Company

In 1863, Colby and Edmands took in new partners, including Charles L. Harding, to form the [Merchant Woolen Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Merchant_Woolen_Company&action=edit&redlink=1).[2] The new company purchased the Maverick Woolen Mills and eventually all of the other mills on Mother Brook.[2] By the 1870s, the Merchant's Woolen Company had monopolized all of the water in Mother Brook.[3] In 1870, they were the largest taxpayer in [Dedham, Massachusetts](/source/Dedham%2C_Massachusetts)[4] and, when the New York Times wrote about them in 1887, it described the company as "one of the largest [industrial operations] in the state."[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeiswander202466_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeiswander202466_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeiswander202466_1-2) [Neiswander 2024](#CITEREFNeiswander2024), p. 66.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeiswander202477_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeiswander202477_2-1) [Neiswander 2024](#CITEREFNeiswander2024), p. 77.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeiswander20244_3-0)** [Neiswander 2024](#CITEREFNeiswander2024), p. 4.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETritsch198613_4-0)** [Tritsch 1986](#CITEREFTritsch1986), p. 13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeiswander20243_5-0)** [Neiswander 2024](#CITEREFNeiswander2024), p. 3.

## Works cited

- Neiswander, Judith (2024). *Mother Brook and the Mills of East Dedham*. Damianos Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-941573-66-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-941573-66-2).

- Tritsch, Electa Kane (1986). *Building Dedham*. Dedham Historical Society.

## External links

- United States Congress. ["J. Wiley Edmands (id: E000050)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000050). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- [J. Wiley Edmands](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7500263) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by James H. Duncan Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Succeeded by William S. Damrell

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