Warren Faxon Whittier

Background

Whittier, Warren Faxon was born on March 6, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank Weston and Maria Davenport (Faxon) Whitcher (direct descendant in 9th generation of Thomas Whittier.

Education

Adopted original family name 1910 by permission Massachusetts court). Graduate Milton (Massachusetts) Academy, 1905. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1909, student School Business Administrn., 1909, Graduate School Applied Science, 1913-1915.

Massachusetts State College Agriculture, 1913-1915.

Career

1 son, Frank Weston. Engaged in raising citrus fruit, San Bernardino, California, 1910-1913. Dairy farmer, Minnesota, 1915-1917. Commission agent for improved livestock, 1919-1925.

Dairy cattle breeder and agricultural consultant, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, from 1925.

President Taunton River Company, Boston. Director Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia from 1940, deputy chairman, 1941, acting chairman, 1942-1946, chairman, 1949-1952.

Enlisted United States Army, 1917, Field Artillery. Second in command Lieutenant, June 1918.

Honorary discharge June 1919.

Chairman New York Metropolitan Milk Marketing Conference, 1937, 38.

Achievements

• Warren Faxon Whittier has been listed as a noteworthy agriculturist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders’ Association (director) from 1931, secretary-treasurer 1933, 34, vice president, 1944-1946), Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association (vice president 1933, president 1934-1938), Pennsylvania State Council of Farm Organizations (vice president 1936-1938), Pennsylvania State Committee for Agricultural Adjustment Administration (vice chairman 1936, chairman 1937-1938), American Academy of Political and Social Science, Quaker City Farmers, Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders’ Association, Friends of the Land, Pennsylvania Society of New New New York Clubs: Brookside Country (Pottstown, Pennsylvania).

Connections

Married Lucy Lee Collins, April. Married second, Katharine Cushing Boshart, May 8, 1920. Children: Blair Lee, Jean (Mistress Richard A. Mahler).

Father:

Frank Weston direct

Mother:

Maria Davenport (Faxon) Whitcher (direct

Spouse:

Katharine Cushing Boshart

Spouse:

Lucy Lee Collins

child:

Blair Lee Whittier

child:

Jean Whittier (Mistress Richard A. Mahler)