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Biographical Description

Edwin Thomas Cansler was born in McDowell County, North Carolina, on February 18, 1866. Cansler was for many decades a prominent and successful attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina. During World War I, he served as a member of the draft exemption board for the western district of North Carolina. Cansler died in Banner Elk, North Carolina on July 19, 1943.