Edgar was a Salesman and was born in Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin. He resided also in Washington and the last 20 years of his life he resided in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Edgar is buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago and also has a Memorial Marker at his families burial site, The Riverside Cemetery in Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin. Son of Henry Augustus Jewell and Coralinn Wickwire-Jewell.