Background
Landreth, William Barker was born on August 3, 1857 in Rushville, Yates Company, New York, United States. Son of James and Sarah (Barker) Landreth.
Landreth, William Barker was born on August 3, 1857 in Rushville, Yates Company, New York, United States. Son of James and Sarah (Barker) Landreth.
Bachelor of Arts, Civil Engineer, Union College, 1881.
Assistant engineer Sinaloa & Durango Railroad, Mexico, 1881-1884. City engineer, Schenectady, New York, 1884-1887. Engineer Board Public Works, Amsterdam, New York, 1887-1889.
In charge city work at White Plains, Portuguese Jervis and Jamestown, New York, Athens, Pennsylvania, and Waverly, New York, 1889-1897.
Assistant engineer New York State canals, 1897-1900. Special resident engineer New York State canals, 1900-1909.
Special deputy state engineer of New York, 1909-1910. Consulting engineer, since 1910.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Rensselaer Society Engineers, Massachusetts Highway Association, Engineers Society of Eastern New New New York
Married Amelia T. Fitzgerald, of Schenectady, New York, May 7, 1881.