Manufacturer
Centurion, 1907–1930
Born 15 September 1856 in Elkhorn, Wisconsin
Died 15 May 1930 in Caribbean, At Sea
Buried Memorial Cemetery of Saint John’s Church
, Laurel Hollow, New York
Proposed by Walter B. James and Robert W. de Forest
Elected 2 February 1907 at age fifty
Archivist’s Note: He died of natural causes aboard his yacht Seaforth while returning to Miami from a cruise in the Bahamas. Father-in-law of Willis D. Wood.
Seconder of:
Century Memorial
William J. Matheson, an expert in the field of industrial chemistry, was a highly successful investigator and experimenter in his earlier years. He became later the responsible manager of important companies preparing such products.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1931 Century Association Yearbook
