Edward John Huxtable

Circa 1915 postcard of the Huxtable residence. Owned by Jean Walker and used with permission.

Vol 1, 1913 Who's Who In Arizona by Jo Conners, Pages 432-433. Transcribed by Jean Walker 21 Feb 2026.

Pre-eminent in its line, housed in a magnificent stone building at Tenth & "G" Streets, there is not a more complete, up-to-date store in the state than that of The Douglas Drug Company. Its incorporators, Dr. E. J. Huxtable and O. O. Hammill, are not only citizens of high standing, but men who have received training which has thoroughly fitted them for the Business. The company was incorporated in 1905, when they purchased the business of the Braum-Furgeson Company. They have since doubled the capacity and more than doubled the business of the firm. They carry a line of high grade drugs, to the selection and compounding of which most careful attention is given; a varied line of stationery and a line of confectionery of which purity is the keynote. And in the remarkable growth of their business, the unfailing courtesy with which patrons are treated has proven not the least important factor.

E. J. Huxtable, the President and General Manager of the Company, is a native of Canada, and son of James Huxtable, one of the pioneers of the district in which he resided. He was the owner of a large flour mill, and also held important official positions at various times, including that of reeve of the township, a position similar to that of mayor in our country, and warden of his county, Dufferin. Dr. Huxtable first attended the common schools and later Collingwood Collegiate Institue, where he prepared for the work of teacher, and this was his occupation for a time. He soon entered the College of Pharmacy at Toronto, where he completed the work and took a course at the University of Toronto, from which he was gradued with a degree Bachelor of Pharmacy, the equivalent of the U. S. degree Doctor of Pharmacy. He soon went to Los Angeles and for two years was head dispenser for one of the largest drug firms in the city; following this he was employed for three years in the drug store of the Hotel del Corondao, at Coronado Beach. About that time, his health began to fail and he sought the drier climate of Naco, Arizona, and there became associated with the Braum-Ferguson Company, who placed him in charge of their store in El Paso, Texas. His next move was to Douglas in his present capacity. In additional to his wide business acquaintance, Dr. Huxtable is widely known in a fraternal way and is a member of the K. of P., Elks, Moose and Fraternal Brotherhood. Mrs. Huxtable, who was Miss Adaline White, of West Point, Miss., is a descendant of the Trotters and Whites, well known Southern families, both distinguished plantation owners and business people of that section, and was well known in society at her home. There is still pending a claim of her family against the government for 500 bales of cotton confiscated during the War.

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