Edwin Binney

Edwin Binney was born in Westchester County, New York in 1866. In 1885, he and his cousin began a partnership, making things such as red oxide pigments for painting barns.

Childhood
Edwin Binney was born in 1866 to Annie Eliza Binney and Joseph Walker, a stockbroker who had emigrated to U.S. in 1860.

Adulthood
Binney and his cousin, C. Harold Smith, began a business where they made red oxide pigments (for painting barns), carbon black (for car tires), and other things. He married Alice Stead in 1887, and owned many orange groves in Florida. He was succeeded as president of Binney and Smith by his son-in-law, Allan Kitchel.)