Willard Family

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Biographical Notes and Business Chronology

Joseph C. Willard

1820, Nov. 11 Born, Westminster, Vt. Circa 1844 1849 Employed by the New York and Troy Steamboat Co., Troy, N.Y., and later by the Astoria House, New York, N.Y. 1850 1852 Cashier, Aspinwall and Co., San Francisco, Calif. 1853 Purchased the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., with his brother, Henry A. Willard 1862 Commissioned, Union army 1864 Married Antonia Ford 1892 Sole owner of the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., after purchasing Henry A. Willard's interest 1897, Jan. 17 Died, Washington, D.C.

Antonia Ford Willard

1838, July 23 Born, Fairfax, Va. 1857 Attended Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute, Buckingham, Va. 1863 Arrested for alleged role in the capture of E. W. Stoughton by John Singleton Mosby; sent to the Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C. 1864 Married Joseph C. Willard 1871, Feb. 14 Died, Washington, D.C.

Joseph Edward Willard

1865, May 1 Born, Washington, D.C. 1886 Graduated, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. 1891 Admitted to the Virginia bar Married Belle Layton Wyatt 1894 1902 Member, Virginia House of Delegates 1898 Organized Company I, Third Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and served on Fitzhugh Lee's staff in Cuba during the Spanish-American War 1902 1906 Lieutenant governor of Virginia 1905 Ran unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in Virginia 1906 1910 Virginia state corporation commissioner 1914 1921 Ambassador to Spain 1924, Apr. 4 Died, New York, N.Y.

Belle Layton Wyatt Willard

1871, Sept. 18 Born, Tidewater, Va. 1891 Married Joseph Edward Willard 1932 Elected president, Willard, Inc. 1954, Jan. 28 Died, New York, N.Y.

Business Chronology

1853 Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., purchased by Henry A. and Joseph C. Willard 1892 Joseph C. Willard purchased Henry A. Willard's interest in the Willard Hotel, becoming its sole owner 1899 Virginia Hotel Co. founded by Joseph Edward Willard 1900 Virginia Hotel Co. purchased Willard Hotel from Joseph Edward Willard; construction began on the "New" Willard Hotel 1900 1921 Willard Hotel leased to Willard Hotel Co. 1912 Richmond and Rappahannock River Railway Co. founded (dissolved 1917) Rappahannock Land and Development Corp. founded (dissolved 1940) 1921 1929 Willard Hotel leased to Capitol Hotel Co. 1923 Fairfax Development Corp. founded 1929 Willard, Inc., founded (dissolved 1955) 1932 Insurance Agency, Inc., founded (dissolved 1939) 1939 Your Secretary, Inc., founded (dissolved 1949) 1946 Willard Hotel sold to Louis Berry

From the guide to the Willard Family Papers, 1800-1968, (bulk 1890-1954), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Spain (as recorded)
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