Wilmer Wesley Salmon

Background

Salmon, Wilmer Wesley was born on December 4, 1866 in Townsend, Delaware, United States. Son of Daniel and Anna Maria (Hess) Salmon.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1886, Master of Arts, 1890.

Career

With engineer corps, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1886, Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, 1887-1888. Division engineer Atlantic City Railroad, 1889-1890. Assistant engineer C.&North.W. Railway, Chicago, 1890-1892.

With Hall Signal Company, 1893-1901, as engineer, western agent, general agent Vice-President, representing the company in Europe, 3 years.

President Taylor Signal Company, Buffalo, 1901-1904, General Railway Signal Company, Rochester, since 1904.

Achievements

• Wilmer Wesley Salmon has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturer by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Belle C. Klink.

Father:

Daniel Salmon

Mother:

Anna Maria (Hess) Salmon

Spouse:

Belle C. Klink.