Edward Masen, Sr.

"He died on the first wave of the influenza."

Edward Masen Senior was Edward's biological father. He was a very successful lawyer and was moderately rich. He is only mentioned in the series by Carlisle in New Moon. He was married to Elizabeth Masen, Edward's biological mother, and he died of the Spanish Influenza in 1918. He lived in Chicago, Illinois at the time of his death and died before his wife, Elizabeth, and before his son, Edward, was changed by Carlisle. Edward Sr. has no physical role in the series.