Background
Paine, William Alfred was born on January 29, 1855 in Merrimacport, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Albert and Sarah (Sargent) Paine.
Paine, William Alfred was born on January 29, 1855 in Merrimacport, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Albert and Sarah (Sargent) Paine.
Educated grammar and high schools, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Illinois.
Clerk in Blackstone National Bank, Boston, 1873-1880. Founder, 1880, becoming head, Paine, Webber & Company, Boston. Organized, 1898, and president, Copper Range Company.
Married Ruth F. Ward, April. Children: Francis Ward, Ruth Sargent (Mistress John H. Blodgett), Esther Humphrey (Mistress Morris F. LaCroix), Stephen, Dorothy Bowen (Mistress David A. Brayton).