Background
Welles, George Denison was born on November 21, 1881 in Toledo, Ohio, United States. Son of General George E. and Julia E. (Smith) Welles.
Welles, George Denison was born on November 21, 1881 in Toledo, Ohio, United States. Son of General George E. and Julia E. (Smith) Welles.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan Law School, 1921 (as of 1903).
Office boy, clerk and secretary of grain elevator, The Paddock-Hodge Company, 1898-1902. Stenographer and law student with King & Tracy, law firm, 1902-1903. Attended University of Michigan Law School, summer, 1903.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1903, to practice before Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1919.
In practice at Toledo, O. since 1903. Attorney with King & Tracy, 1904-1908.
Member firm King, Tracy, Chapman & Welles, 1908-1914, Tracy, Chapman & Welles, 1914-1935, Welles, Kelsey & Cobourn, 1935-1937, Welles, Kelsey, Cobourn & Harrington since 1937. Vice-president and director Securities, Incorporated., Toledo, since 1924.
Director and chairman of the executive committee Air-Way Electric Appliance Corporation, Toledo, since 1937.
Director The Toledo Edison Company, Community Traction Company, The M. I. Wilcox Company.
Member firm King, Tracy, Chapman & Welles, 1908-1914, Tracy, Chapman & Welles, 1914-1935, Welles, Kelsey & Cobourn, 1935-1937, Welles, Kelsey, Cobourn & Harrington since 1937. Member Toledo Charter Commission and Chairman of Commission which drafted present Toledo charter, 1934. Member Toledo Museum of Artist
Member Toledo Chamber of Commerce (former director
Clubs: Toledo, Country, University of Michigan (Toledo).
Married Mae Elizabeth Hunker, September 11, 1907. Children: George Denison, Margaret Virginia (Mistress William C. Draper).