He worked circa 1876-1885 as a jeweler in Attleboro MA in his father's shop.
He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Attleboro MA, listed as a manufacturing jeweler.
Edwin married Anna A. Davenport, daughter of Edward Wilcox Davenport and Celestine Walcott Draper, on 28 Oct 1880. (Anna A. Davenport was born on 11 Dec 1850 in Attleboro MA.)