Edwin C. Barnes

Edwin C. Barnes was a business associate of Thomas Edison.

Early years
Barnes was born around 1878 in Wisconsin. About 1904, he married a woman with the first name Mable, though she possibly went by her middle name Esther. They had a daughter Dorothy E. around 1906 while in Colorado.

Edison
Barnes arrived in Orange, New Jersey in 1905 to ask Thomas A Edison to be his business partner. Barnes was determined to go into business with Edison and started out as an office worker. Eventually he got the chance to actually become a business associate with Edison by selling what was originally the Edison Dictating Machine but later called the Ediphone. They remained close associates until Edison's death in 1931.

Barnes retired in 1951, dividing his time between New York and Florida each year. He took ill and died in Bradenton, Florida on September 23, 1952.

Determination
Barnes is highlighted in the first chapter of Napoleon Hill's book, Think and Grow Rich.