Clarence Ransom Edwards
Clarence Ransom Edwards was an American general, known as the first Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, and commander of the 26th Division in World War I.
Edwards was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of local merchant William Edwards, and Lucia Ransom. He graduated last in his class from the United States Military Academy in 1883. Upon his graduation from West Point, Edwards was appointed a second lieutenant in the 23rd Infantry. For the next several years Edwards served at various posts, including Fort Union, Fort Porter, Cleveland, Ohio , and Fort Davis. While stationed at Fort Porter he met Bessie Rochester Porter, a member of the family that included Peter Buell Porter, for whom the fort was named, and they were married in 1889.
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