William Henderson Woolverton and Edith Beaver
Husband William Henderson Woolverton [6190]
Born: 3 Jan 1842 - Greencastle, Putnam County, IN Christened: Died: 21 Jan 1914 - Augusta, Columbia County, GA Buried:
Father: John Hall Woolverton [6186] [55745057] (1807-1843) Mother: Anna Maria Stewart [6187] [55745017] (1814-1889)
Marriage: 18 Oct 1883 - [MRIN:2023]
Wife Edith Beaver [6191]
Born: 22 Sep 1851 - Lewisburg, Union County, PA Christened: Died: 1930 Buried:
Children
1 F Ethel Woolverton [6192]
Born: 19 Jun 1885 - New York City, NY Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Frederick H. Cone [6193] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:2024]
2 M William Henderson Woolverton [6194]
Born: 24 Feb 1891 - New York, New York County, NY Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Frances Curtis [6195] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:2025]
General Notes: Husband - William Henderson Woolverton
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF9161
from David Macdonald
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sebastian/pafg15.htm
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sebastian/pafg26.htm
"3. William Henderson Woolverton
William Henderson Woolverton1, the second son and third child of John Hall and Anna Maria (Stewart) Woolverton, was born near Greencastle, Indiana, January 3, 1842, and while an infant was removed to Alexandria, Pa., and afterwards to Altoona, Pa., as was the case with his sister. And in the school of the former place he obtained his education.
In 1859 he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railway Company at Altoona, learned the art of telegraphing, was stationed as agent and telegraph operator at various points, and finally (1861) reached Philadelphia, where he held a position of telegraph operator in the Superintendent's Office. Here also he became acquainted with some of the principal officers of the Pennsylvania R. R., and
secured their warmest friendship. In 1872 he obtained a large share in the New York Transfer Co., and went to that city to further the interests of this enterprise, serving as a director from 1872 until 1877, when he became President of the Company, in which position he has remained ever since. The headquarters of this Company are at No. 1354 Broadway.
In the year 1878 Mr. Woolverton obtained a large interest in a monthly called "The Official Railway Guide," having for its object the publication of all the railway time tables (official) in the United States and Canada. This is the most important periodical of the kind in the country, and has been very prosperous since its organisation. Mr. Woolverton has been President of the Company since 1883. Its
headquarters are 24, Park Place, New York.
Mr. Woolverton was one of the earliest pioneers to engage in the telephone business when it was started, being one of the organizers of the Bell Telephone Co., of New York, and its first President, and is still a director in the New York Telephone Co. and several of the companies operating under the Bell patents.
His residence is in New York City, facing the Central Park. He has also a country home at Alexandria, Pa. At both of these he and Mrs. Woolverton dispense a gracious hospitality.
Though not a church member, Mr. Woolverton is a liberal contributor to the church and to all enterprises which have for their object the elevation of society, or the improvement of the communities with which he is connected.
He and his cousin, William Thompson2, presented a parsonage to the Alexandria Methodist Episcopal Church.
They also bought seventeen acres of land and gave it to the congregation of the Presbyterian Church as an addition to their cemetery. This land had never passed out of the hands of the Gemmill heirs.
The same two Williams also presented to the town and surrounding country a library, endowed for the free use of the people--the building costing $16,000; the site, furniture and books, $4,000; and the endowment amounting to $30,000. It was dedicated(*) October 10, 1900, with a prayer by the Rev. John G. Brown, D. D., of Pittsburg, and appropriate addresses by J. Addison Henry, D. D., of Philadelphia, and others. On the wall at the entrance to the trustees' room is a tablet of bronze, bearing this inscription:
MEMORIAL FREE LIBRARY
Dedicated Oct. 10, 1900.
Presented to the Town of Alexandria and Surrounding Country
by
WILLIAM THOMPSON
and
WILLIAM H. WOOLVERTON
In Memory of their Mothers
ELIZA GEMMILL THOMPSON
and
ANNA MARIA WOOLVERTON-KINSLOE
Granddaughters of
ELIZABETH PORTER GEMMILL
Founder of the Town
In the year of our Lord Seventeen
Hundred and Ninety-Three
(*)For a full account of the dedication see the "Tyrone Herald" of October 18, 1900.
Physically, Mr. Woolverton is a contrast to his sister, being short and stout, and of a dark complexion; but he is very quick in his bodily as well as his mental movements.
William H. Woolverton was married to Edith Beaver, Oct. 18, 1883, at Lewisburg, Penn., where Miss Beaver was born September 22, 1851. She is the daughter of Peter Beaver and Eliza Gundecker Simonton, a woman of rare character, cousin of Green Simonton, Missionary of the Presbyterian Church to Brazil.
Mr. Beaver, her father, is an uncle of General James Adams Beaver, formerly Governor of Pennsylvania, and now Judge in the Supreme Court of that State.
Mrs. Woolverton is a lady of culture, and a very devoted Christian of the Methodist Episcopal Church--Northfield type.
Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Woolverton:
1. Ethel Woolverton; born in New York City June 19, 1885; taller than either of her parents; a student at Smith College, Massachusetts; is fond of literature.
2. William Henderson Woolverton2; born in New York City February 24, 1891; in the Browning School; a promising boy. (Colonel George Steuart and His Descendants )"
General Notes: Wife - Edith Beaver
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF9162
from David Macdonald
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sebastian/pafg26.htm
Notes: Marriage
FTM
MARR: RIN MH:FF2593
from David Macdonald
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sebastian/pafg26.htm