Background
Hayes, Webb Cook was born on March 20, 1856 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Rutherford Birchard (19th President of the United States) and Lucy Ware (Webb) H.
Hayes, Webb Cook was born on March 20, 1856 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of Rutherford Birchard (19th President of the United States) and Lucy Ware (Webb) H.
Student Cornell Univercity, 1872-1875.
Secretary to father, 1875-1881. Joint organizer, 1881-1901, and treasurer Whipple Manufacturing, National Carbon Company, Union Carbide Company.
Served as major First Ohio Cavalry, later adjutant general, Spanish-American War, serving in Cuba and Porto Rico.
Married Mary Otis Miller, September 30, 1912.