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==Background==

==Background==

Edenborn was a son of Jacob Edenborn and the former Antoinette Hessmer. In 1860, while still in [[Germany]], he was apprenticed to a manufacturer of steel wire manufacturer.<ref name=ABWS>{{cite web|url=http://www.antiquebarbedwiresociety.com/inventors_edenborn.html|title=Barbed Wire Inventors|publisher=Antiquebarbedwiresociety.com|accessdate=October 11, 2019}}</ref> After his arrival in the United States in 1867, Edenborn first settled in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], at which he found work as a mechanic in the wire industry.<ref name=edenborn/> He eventually made his way to [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], at which he built the first wire mill west of the [[Mississippi River]] in 1870 and wed the former Sarah Drain (1856-1944), a St. Louis native, on October 4, 1876.<ref name=ABWS/>​

Edenborn was a son of Jacob Edenborn and the former Antoinette Hessmer. In 1860, while still in [[Germany]], he was apprenticed to a manufacturer of steel wire manufacturer.<ref name=ABWS>{{cite web|url=http://www.antiquebarbedwiresociety.com/inventors_edenborn.html|title=Barbed Wire Inventors|publisher=Antiquebarbedwiresociety.com|accessdate=October 11, 2019}}</ref> After his arrival in the United States in 1867, Edenborn first settled in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], at which he found work as a mechanic in the wire industry.<ref name=edenborn>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-e/|title=Edenborn, William|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=October 12, 2019}}</ref>

 

He then moved to [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], at which he built the first wire mill west of the [[Mississippi River]] in 1870 and wed the former Sarah Drain (1856-1944), a St. Louis native, on October 4, 1876.<ref name=ABWS/>​

==Inventor==

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