Gillett, Walter Cook
Walter Cook Gillett, president Chicago Paper Company;
born in: Albany, New York, on Tuesday, August 10, 1852;
son of: Truman S. Gillett and Hannah Gillett, nee: Hannah Noble
education: graduated from West Division High School, 1869;
married: Adnah Gillett, nee: Adnah Miller, in Chicago on Wednesday, September 3, 1873,
children: Evis Gillett, (Mrs. S.P. Hayward) Walter Noble Gillett.
Began in employ of Gillett & Vernon, paper merchants, 1869;
then in firm of Clark, Friend Fox & Company, 1875-81;
organized, 1881, the Chicago Paper Company, of which has been president since 1896.
Member Chicago Association of Commerce, Illinois Manufacturers' Association.
Clubs: Chicago Athletic Club, Edgewater Golf Club.
Recreations: golf, motoring and fishing.
Office: 801 S. 5th Avenue
Home: 2074 W. Pratt Avenue, 1917, 1919.
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1917; Rogers Park Directory, 1919, page 30.
