 He raised high-bred livestock and later purchased another farm in Walnut Township, four miles west of Des Moines.There he engaged in several business enterprises, including building and manufacturing, while developing his farm.On June 26, 1866, Edward married Sophia Theresa Stoddard, who had formerly been betrothed to his fallen brother, Robert, who had been killed at Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, North Carolina, the morning after the surrender of the fort.