Edward M. Madden

Edward Millspaugh Madden (February 1, 1818 – July 17, 1885) was an American merchant, manufacturer and politician from New York.

Edward Millspaugh Madden was born on February 1, 1818, in Crawford, New York to Cornelius Madden and Susannah Millspaugh[1] At age nine, he began to work in a cotton factory at Walden.

[2] He then worked at a tin shop, and in a hardware store, became a retail merchant, and eventually opened a saw factory in Middletown.

[2] He was a member of the New York State Senate (9th D.) in 1856[4] and 1857; and a delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention.

He died on July 17, 1885, in his residence at Middletown, New York aged 67 years[2]