William Eversole Prosser

• Residence: 1900 - Precinct 10 St. Louis city Ward 25, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
• Residence: 1910 - St Louis Ward 23, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States
• Residence: 1920 - Webster Groves Ward 3, St Louis, Missouri, United States
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William Eversole Prosser, Ph.B. 1909.

Born January 15, 1886, in St. Louis, Mo. Died August 6, 1927, in Detroit, Mich

Father, Abel James Prosser (D D.S. Missouri Dental College 1877) (now Washington University Dental School), a dentist in St. Louis; clinical instructor in Washington University Dental School many years and one time president of St. Louis Dental Society; son of Joseph Damerson and Rebecca Ann (Vanmeter) Prosser; descendant of Joseph Daniel Prosser, who came to this country from Wales and settled in Virginia.

Mother, Ettie (Eversole) Prosser; daughter of William George and Rebecca Anne (Rutledge) Eversole; descendant of James Rutledge Eversole, who settled in Montgomery County, Va. 

Smith Academy, St. Louis Spent one year at Washington University and entered Sheffield Scientific School as a Junior in 1907; electrical course. Connected with Sullivan Machinery Company of Chicago 1909-1911; in their shops at Claremont, N. H., six months, in the main office in Chicago a short time, and then traveling salesman in California until the latter part of 1910, when he returned to St Louis on account of his father's illness; subsequently engaged in farming for several months and in selling bonds for H G. Edwards & Sons of St. Louis; from 1913 to 1920, with the exception of time spent in service, connected with Union Electric Light & Power Company of St Louis, at first as statistical engineer, then in the sales department, where he specialized on industrial electric heating, and from August, 1919, as industrial heating specialist, western representative in St. Louis of Bailey Electric Furnace Company of Alliance, Ohio, 1920-21; manager of domestic electric refrigerating department of St. Louis Brass Manufacturing Company in 1921; had since been connected with various public utilities; merchandise sales manager of Adirondack Power & Light Company in Hudson and Mohawk valleys in Schenectady and Amsterdam, November, 192 i-January, 1924, became manager of sales of electrical heating appliances for Syracuse branch of Robertson-Cataract Company in 1923 and had charge of Mohawk Electrical Supply Company, a retail outlet of the company, 1924-25; later transferred to the Buffalo territory and served as manager of the Electrical League of the Niagara Frontier January 1, 1925-January 1, 1927, had since been secretary of Building Material Exchange of Detroit, enlisted in Battery A, 1st Battalion, Missouri Field Artillery, July 26, 1915, and served on Mexican border June December, 1916; commissioned as Captain, Field Artillery, August 14, 1917, at first Officers' Training Camp at Fort Riley, Kans., and assigned to 341st Field Artillery, 89th Division; went overseas February 1, 1918, and was on duty with Services of Supply as 2d District Commander, Advance Section, until June 22, 1919; then at Headquarters of 92d Division until July 14 and subsequently with 2d Army Corps; promoted to Major, Army Service Corps, February 13, 1919; returned to United States July 31, 1919, and received his discharge August 7; member Grosse Point Memorial Church (Presbyterian), Detroit

Married August 4,1924, at Forest Hills, N Y , Susan Elizabeth, daughter of Darius and Esther Elizabeth (Monson) Ogden.

No children.

Death due to heart disease Buried in Poughkeepsie (N. Y ) Rural Cemetery.

Survived bv wife, mother, and four sisters, Mrs. Omar Richard Sevin, Mrs. Arthur Hilmer, and Mrs T. T. Smith, all of St. Louis, and Mrs. Randolph D Talmadge, of Joplin, Mo.

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf

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