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Active in solving the problems of finance necessary in the successful conduct of a banking institution at the present day, Edwin A. Reddeman is cashier of the National Bank of Commerce of Milwaukee. To this position he has worked his way steadily upward, winning promotion as the result of the development of his powers and his loyalty to the interests which he has represented. Milwaukee is his native city and his natal day was the 9th of December, 1875, his parents being Liebrecht T. and Sophia (Albrecht) Reddeman, both of whom were natives of Germany. They became residents of Milwaukee, however, about 1860 and the father engaged in business as a building contractor, specializing in interior woodwork. Later he turned his attention to farming and concentrated his time and effort upon agricultural pursuits in his later years, his death occurring in 1918, when he was seventy-eight years of age.

Edwin A. Reddeman was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee and after leaving high school secured a position as messenger in the West Side Bank of Milwaukee, working without pay for a month and a half. His employers, however, were convinced of his capability, faithfulness and willingness to work and he was then placed on the pay roll, while from time to time he won promotion, becoming paying teller and afterward receiving teller of that bank. On the organization of the National Bank of Commerce in 1893 he was appointed paying teller and afterward was made assistant cashier, while in 1910 he was advanced to the position of cashier and has continued to serve in this capacity. He has spent his business life in connection with banking and step by step has advanced from messenger boy until now, after twenty-two years of service, he is occupying a position of large responsibility as cashier of one of the strong financial institutions of his native city.

On the 12th of June, 1902, Mr. Reddeman was married to Miss Lillian I. McLean of Milwaukee, and they have become parents of two children, Elizabeth and Marion. Mr. Reddeman took a helpful part in all war activities and was a member of the bankers committee. He is prominently known in the Knights of Pythias, being chancellor commander of Garfield Lodge, No. 83, K. P., which is the largest lodge of this organization in the state. He is also connected with the Dramatic Order of the Knights of Khorassan and in club circles is widely known, being a member of the Milwaukee Athletic, Wisconsin, City and Optimists Clubs, all of which claim him as one of their popular representatives.