Background
Shapleigh, A. Wessel was born on August 22, 1890 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Alfred Lee and Mina (Wessel) Shapleigh.
Shapleigh, A. Wessel was born on August 22, 1890 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Alfred Lee and Mina (Wessel) Shapleigh.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1911.
With Merchants Laclede Bank, Saint Louis, 1911-1912. With George H. Burr & Company, commercial paper brokers and bankers, Saint Louis, 1912-1913. With Shapleigh Hdw. Company, Saint Louis, 1913-1956, president, 1942-1948, chairman, 1948-1956.
Chairman Mound City Paint & Color Company to 1956.
President of Longblock Realty Company, to 1956. Trustee of the Shapleigh Investment Company.
Secretary, treasurer Washington Land & Mining Company. Director Boatmans National Bank of Saint Louis, Laclede Gas Light Company, Ann Arbor Railroad Company (Executive Committee), Wabash Railroad Company (member finance committee), Missouri Portland Cement Company, New Jersey, Illinois & Indiana Railroad, Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Dry Goods Company.
Former director Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis.
Trustee, Bellefontaine Cemetery Association, Governmental Research Institute, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association, Fordyce Lane Association (treasurer), Missouri Botanical Garden.
Member corporation Washington University, Saint Louis. Member Appellate communications of Missouri, 1941-1946. Member Saint Louis and Saint Louis Company Cs. of C., Society Colonial Wars State of Missouri, South.R., New England Historic Genealogical Society, Newcomen Society, National Hardware Association, Yale University Alumni Association.
Clubs: Saint Louis Country, Noonday, Stack.
Married Lois McKinney, April. Children: A. Wessel, Alfred Lee, Warren McKinney, Mary Suzanne.