Davis, William Walley

William Walley Davis Soundex Code D120

William Walley Davis, Manager By Products Coke Corporation

Born in: Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, May 7, 1868;

Son of: Isaac Henry and Sydney Christine Davis nee Bowman;

Educated under private tutors; Lauterbach Academy, Philadelphia; B.S. in Chemistry, Lafayette College, 1889;

Married: Lillian Davis, nee: Lillian Hodgson, of Norfolk, Virginia, Friday, April 21, 1911;

Children: Jean and Dorothy.

Employment:

Chemical manufacturer, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1889-92;

Chemist, Secaucus Iron Company, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1892-3,

Crozier Iron Company, Roanoke, Virginia, 1893-6,

Norfolk & Western Railway Company, 1896-8;

Chief Chemist and Furnace Superintendent, Virginia, Iron, Coal & Coke Company, Bristol, Tennessee, 1898-1903;

Superintendent of various plants, Semet Solvay Company Steelton, Pennsylvania, 1903-8; District Superintendent, 1908-16;

Manager By Products Coke Corporation, since February 1, 1916;

Also Second Vice President and Superintendent of Calumet, Hammond & Southeast Railroad Company.

Clubs:

Union League Club, William Walley Davis

Edgewater Golf Club,

Bob O' Link Golf Club (Highland Park, Illinois).

Recreation: Golf.

Office: 1501 McCormick Building

Home: 1218 W. Sherwin Avenue, 1917, 1919.

Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917, Rogers Park Directory, 1919, page 21.