Background
Webster, Cornelius Crosby was born on July 25, 1886 in Kennedy, New York, United States. Son of William Burton and Anna Makepeace (Crosby) Webster.
Webster, Cornelius Crosby was born on July 25, 1886 in Kennedy, New York, United States. Son of William Burton and Anna Makepeace (Crosby) Webster.
Graduate Binghamton High School. Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude), Harvard College, 1909. (Bowdoin literature prize and medal).
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School (editor Harvard Law Review), 1912.
Admitted to New York bar and to practice before New York Court of Appeals, 1912, also to Supreme Court of the United States Court. With Curtis, Mallet, Prevost, Colt & Mosie, New York City, 1912-1928. Individual practice, New York City, 1928-1943.
Now with Hughes, Hubbard & Ewing.
Director and secretary Ferro-co Corporation, Jones & Larson, Albert Carman, Incorporated. Director Coy Hunt & Company, 1935-1940.
Served as private, C.A.C., New York National, Guard, 1915-1918 Secretary Executive Committee for Christian Science activities, New York World’s Fair, 1936-1941. Trustee and chairman First Church of Christ, Scientist, Flushing, New York, 1923-1925, 1935-1937, First Reader, 1938-1940. Member Lambda Sigma.
Clubs: Harvard, Harvard Law School, Harvard Downtown Lunch (New York).
Married Fannie Beecher Whitman, October 11, 1913. Children: Dorothy Whitman (Mistress Thomas J. Murphy), Cornelius Crosby, Jane Beecher.