Davisson, William H. Porter
Name Entries
person
Davisson, William H. Porter
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Davisson, William H. Porter
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Resident of Marlboro, Vt.; grandson of William H. Porter (1861-1926). William H. Porter was born and spent early years in Middlebury, Vt.; at 17 or 18 he went to New York City and learned the banking business working for the Fifth Avenue Bank first; in 1886 he became cashier and eventually vice-president of Chase National Bank, then in 1899 vice president of Chemical National Bank. In 1911 he became partner in the private banking firm of J.P. Morgan and Co. Porter Hospital in Middlebury is named for his parents. He married Esther Jackson in 1887 and had two children, James, who was killed in service during World War I and Helen, whose son compiled the scrapbooks from material in his possession.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/123399840
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2010068234
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n2010068234
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Banks and banking
Manners and customs
Real property
Rich people
Voluntarism
World War, 1914-1918
Weddings
Women
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Bankers
Legal Statuses
Places
White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Vermont
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Vermont--Middlebury
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New York (State)--New York
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>