Husband Edward Ditmars Wetmore 1 2
Born: 4 Jan 1861 - Warren, Warren Co, PA 2
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Father: Lansing Ditmars Wetmore (1818-1905) 2 3 4
Mother: Maria Cynthia Shattuck ( -1912) 1 2 5
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Other Spouse: Helen L. Davenport ( -1906) 2 6 - 9 Jul 1888 2
Wife Ella Leech 2 7
Born: - Erie, Erie Co, PA
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Father: Addison Leech (1824-1899) 2 8
Mother: Mary Isabel Watson ( - ) 7
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General Notes: Husband - Edward Ditmars Wetmore
He attended Warren schools and the Hill School, at Pottstown, Pennsylvania, then entered Lafayette College, at Easton, where he was graduated in 1882 as a Bachelor of Science. Next he became a student at the Law School of Columbia Uni-versity, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1884. Admitted in 1885 to the Warren County bar, he did not, however, enter upon a practice of his profession, but turned his attention, instead, to business interests. Joining his father in operation of the Wetmore Lumber Company, in Warren, he was engaged in the active production of lumber as manager of the Warren branch as long as it was in existence, until about 1905.
Then, because of the lack of timber, they invested in timberlands in the Northwest. Together with the Hon. Charles W. Stone, Edward D. Wetmore organized several companies for the purpose of acquiring timberlands in that region of the United States. They established the head offices of these companies at No. 209 Second Avenue, Warren. Their work has expanded with the passing of the years, and Mr. Wetmore, who was in charge of the headquarters there, was president of the Kinzua Lumber Company, which he headed beginning in 1909; the Kinzua Pine Mills Company, of which he became the head in 1927; the Wallowa Timber Company, which he headed beginning in 1907; and the Tionesta Timber Company, of which he was president starting in 1921. He was also president of the Condon, Kinzua & Southern Railroad Company beginning in 1928. He was president of the Warren Trust Company from 1912 to 1924 and chairman of the board of directors of the Warren Bank & Trust Company from 1934 to 1937. He was also vice-president of the Pennsylvania Gas Company and a director, as well as chairman of the executive committee, of the Struthers-Wells-Titusville Corporation.
Along with his business activities, Mr. Wetmore was a leading figure in a number of civic, social and cultural projects in Warren. He was a member and at one time president of the board of control of the Warren Public Library and a member of the board of directors of Warren General Hospital, and held memberships in the Warren Chamber of Commerce, the Warren Historical Society, the Warren County Bar Association, the Conewango Club and the Conewango Valley Country Club. He was a life member of the Rotary Club in Warren. In addition to these affiliations, he held memberships in the Santa Barbara Club and the Montecito Country Club, of Santa Barbara, California, and the Lafayette College Club, of New York City. During the World War period of 1917-18, Mr. Wetmore was a leader in Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives in Warren. He was an attendant of Trinity Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church, of Warren, and one of its leading contributors.