Background
Talbot, Guy Webster was born on August 12, 1873 in Centerville, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles R. and Sara Folsom (Webster) Talbot.
Talbot, Guy Webster was born on August 12, 1873 in Centerville, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles R. and Sara Folsom (Webster) Talbot.
Educated College of Emporia, Kansas.
With C.,B.&Q. Railway Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1891-1894, Des Moines Northern & Western Railway, 1894-1898, Iowa Central Railway, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1898-1901, Peoria & Pekin Terminal Railway Company, Peoria, Illinois, 1901-1906, Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Company and Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company, Portland, Oregon, 1906. Vice-president and general manager Oregon Electric Railway Company, 1907-1910. Chairman Portland Gas & Coke Company, Electrical
Products Corporation of Oregon.
Director Pacific Power & Light Company, Portland Gasoline Company (A Texas Company). Former chairman Portland Waterfront Development Committee, finance committee, Portland Symphony Orchestra.
Ex-president Portland Rose Society.
Member Portland Chamber Comfinance committee, Portland Symphony Orchestra. Member Portland Chamber Commerce. Clubs: Arlington, Press, Multnomah Amateur Athletic, Waverly Country.
Married Geraldine Wallace, October 14, 1903. Children: Sara Jane (Mistress Charles Gravson Dimon), Prudence Gertrude (Mistress H. G. Shaler), Guy Webster, Junior.