Background
JEFFERS, Henry William was born on January 4, 1871 in Hartford, Susq. Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Watson and Betsey Milburn (Oakley) Jeffers.
JEFFERS, Henry William was born on January 4, 1871 in Hartford, Susq. Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Watson and Betsey Milburn (Oakley) Jeffers.
Graduate Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, 1894. Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1899. Master of Science (honorary), Rutgers University, New Jersey Agricultural College, 1927.
Walker-Gordon Laboratory Company, 1898-1918, president, since 1918. Director First National Bank, Princeton, New Jersey.
Member advisory bds., United States Department of Agriculture and United States Food Administration, World War. Member New Jersey State Board of Agriculture, 1916-1927. President Board Regents, New Jersey.
Member board of managers New Jersey Reformatory. Chairman New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1935-1937. Mason (32°, Knights Templar, Shriner).
Inventor of Jeffers bacteriology counter, Jeffers feed calculator, Rotolator.
Married Anna C. Adams, July 14, 1898. Children: Emily Adams, Watson (deceased), Henry W., Louise E. Manager.