Deering, Joseph Godfrey, 1894-1987
Biographical notes:
Businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist, of Saco, Me.; b. Joseph Godfrey Deering II, son of Frank Cutter Deering and Annie Grey Wiggin Deering; manager and later president of J.G. Deering & Son which later became known as Deering Lumber Company (sold in 1958). President of York National Bank, Dyer Library Association, and Sweetser Home for Boys; treasurer of Laurel Hill Cemetery Association and served many years on Maine Parks and Recreation Commission; officer and member of many local and state organizations; donated land for parks and gave family residence to the city of Saco to house what is now the Dyer Library.
From the description of Deering family papers, 1844-2003 bulk 1900-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71174502
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Subjects:
- Banks and banking
- Dwellings
- Horse railroads
- Libraries
- Library buildings
- Log driving
- Logging
- Lumbering
- Lumber trade
- Real property
- Textile fabrics
- Voyages and travels
Occupations:
- Businessmen
- Civic leaders
- Philanthropists
Places:
- Saco River (N.H. and Me.) (as recorded)
- Maine--Portland (as recorded)
- Men--Saco (as recorded)
- Maine--Biddeford (as recorded)
- Biddeford Pool (Me.) (as recorded)
- Maine (as recorded)
- Maine--Saco (as recorded)
- Europe (as recorded)
- Saco (Me.) (as recorded)
