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unusual facts about Howard P. Whidden


Howard P. Whidden

Born in Antigonish Harbour, Nova Scotia, became a Baptist minister in Dayton, Ohio and likely knew John D. Rockefeller and may have been instrumental, along with Cyrus' uncle Charles Aubrey Eaton, in Rockefeller meeting Cyrus S. Eaton.


Andrea Mead Lawrence

On April 29, 2010 U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and U.S. Representative Howard P. “Buck” McKeon announced legislation to rename Peak 12,240 in Mono County “Mt. Andrea Lawrence,” in memory of Lawrence.

Howard P. Becker

Becker was the son of Charles Becker, a notoriously corrupt New York police officer who went to the electric chair for murder in July 1915, and Letitia Stenson, of Ontario.

Detailed history and sociology of the various aspects of the youth movement.

William M. Whidden

The Whidden–Kerr House and Garden, which was William Whidden's residence from 1901 until 1911, is also listed on the National Register.

William Marcy Whidden (February 10, 1857 – July 27, 1929) was a founding member of Whidden & Lewis, a prominent architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, United States.

He worked at the firm McKim, Mead and White from at least 1882 until 1888; projects included the Tacoma and Portland Hotels per wiki MM&W page 1-2011; then travelled to Portland, Oregon, in 1883 to work on the Portland Hotel.


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