ALBEE, Edwin W.

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c.1912. Edwin Albee sits at a roll-top desk in his office, room 310 of the B & I Building. William J. Klauer Collection, Center for Dubuque History, Loras College

Albee family marker in Linwood Cemetery

ALBEE, Edwin W. (Thompsontown, CT, Jan. 30, 1836--Dubuque, IA, Mar. 15, 1922). Dubuque's "King of Crackers," Albee came to Iowa in 1857 and settled in Dubuque. In the 1868-69 Dubuque City Directory, he was listed as a commission merchant.

In 1870 he purchased an interest in the Fairbanks Bakery established by Josiah FAIRBANKS. The new firm named J. E. FAIRBANKS AND COMPANY at 139-145 Second Street became one of the Midwest's largest cracker manufacturing companies.

In eight years, Albee bought out his partner. Renamed the ALBEE BAKERY, the company produced" Albee's Crackers." The company's products were shipped as far west as Yankton, South Dakota and over the MISSISSIPPI RIVER from Clinton, Iowa to Stillwater, Minnesota.

In 1891 Albee sold his company to the NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY and remained as manager.

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Source:

Oldt, Franklin. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 760