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Edwin Lee Thew
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Edwin Lee Thew

1853 - 1909
diedArizona, USA
bornNew York, USA
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BiographyOwner of the New York Cash Store, a dry goods store that became one of the largest mercantile businesses in the Valley. It was the first business to open in the Petersen Building (409-413 S. Mill Ave.).
Lived at 7th Street and Mill.Widow Fannie lived at 1016 McAllister Ave in 1925, '32.
Federal census (Tempe), 1900
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Flora M. Thew obit, TDN, 15 Dec 1970
HPS-237
Tempe CD, 1898-1909, '25, '32
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
Person TypeIndividual