Background
Leffingwell, William Elderkin was born on July 10, 1855 in Aurora, New York, United States. Son of Doctor Elisha and Jane E. (Jackson) Leffingwell.
Leffingwell, William Elderkin was born on July 10, 1855 in Aurora, New York, United States. Son of Doctor Elisha and Jane E. (Jackson) Leffingwell.
Entered Cornell Univercity, 1871, but left before graduation.
Registrar and cashier Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute, 1875-1882. Reorganized Dansville Sanatorium, 1882, secretary-treasurer, 1882-1885. Organized Glen Springs Corporation, 1890, and president, since 1890.
President Glen National Bank, 1911-1922, Chairman of the Board, since 1922. President Jackson Sanatorium, Dansville, New York, 1916-1918. Director Watkins Salt.
Company; trustee St. John’s Military School, Manlius, New York, 1915-1922. President Village of Dansville, New York, 1885. Member board of trustees, 1899-1901, president, 1902-1905, Village of Watkins, New York.
Democratic presidential elector, New York, 1904, 12. Commissioner of water, sewer and electric light, Watkins, New York, 1906-1910. President Watkins Glen Reservation Commission, 1910-1915.
Member of New York Assembly, 1908, 09. Director military census, Schuyler Company, and chairman District Appeal Board, 1917-1918.
Mason.