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Ganson Depew - Short Biography
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Depew was born in Buffalo on March 6, 1866. His father, William B. Depew, came to Buffalo from Peekskill in 1864 and was connected with railroad enterprises. Ganson Depew attended public schools and, in 1884, graduated from Buffalo H.S. where he served as president of his class. Depew “won honor as an advocate and distinction as a public spirited, enterprising citizen,” according to an account. He was a cousin of John Ganson and a nephew of Chauncey M. Depew, president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, and a U.S. Senator. Depew passed the bar in 1887 and worked at “Green, McMillan & Gluck,” and became a member of the firm in 1890, under the name of “McMillan, Gluck, Pooley & Depew.” It’s one of the strongest and oldest law firms in Western New York. Both in 1892 and again in 1895 he was elected a director of the Buffalo Library and in December 1897, was appointed by Mayor Jewett as a trustee of the Grosvenor Library. Depew was a member of the Buffalo, Liberal, Saturn, and Country Clubs, the Sons of the American Revolution, and St. Paul’s Episcopal church, and is a Royal Arch Mason, holding membership in Ancient Landmarks Lodge No. 441, F. & A. M., and Adytum Chapter No. 285, R. A. M.D. PERSONAL LIFE On November 14, 1894, Depew married Grace E. Goodyear, daughter of Frank H. Goodyear of Buffalo, who was a lumber man. They had a son, Ganson Goodyear Depew, and daughter, Lucia Depew. His son was a naval aviator during the war and later an assistant U. S. district attorney who died in 1924. Ganson and Grace divorced in early 1909 after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in Colorado Springs, according to an account in the New York Times. His son was 13 and daughter was eight years old at the time. Custody of the kids went to each parent for six months, alternately. Depew later remarried and was survived by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Gorton Depew, and his daughter, Lucia Depew Parkinson.  Ganson Goodyear Depew They had a son, Ganson Goodyear
Depew ... His son was a naval aviator during
the war and later an assistant U. S. district attorney who died in 1924.
["Ganson Goodyear Depew (1895-1924). This same photo is also used in the history of Pawling Boys’ School (Pawling, NY) from which he graduated in 1914 before entering Yale University." - Wayne Mori] |
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1910 - The city permit office has on record a permit given on 6/4/1912 to Ganson Depew to alter and add to the frame frame dwelling. It appears that Ganson Depew was married twice, first to Grace Goodyear, which ended in divorce in 1909 (in a news article from NY Times). He then married Carrie Gorton Depew, former wife of of Charles M. Ransom (married in 1892). In the 165 Summer Street property abstract Ganson is listed as having possession in 10/15/1910, - this would be after the divorce of first wife, so perhaps he moved in when remarried to Carrie. c. 1949-1958 - Carrie Gorton Ransom Depew (Ganson's 2nd wife) lived in house till her death in 1958. She divided the mansion about 1949 into apartments, taking the first floor for herself, as she could no longer navigate stairs. 1957-58 - According to the Buffalo City Directories and the Social Registers, Carrie Depew and daughter are in 165 Summer until 1957-58, when Carrie Depew died. In 1958, Carrie and Ganson's daughter Lucia Depew Hurd sells to Edward Landt etc. |
Depew Mausoleum, Forest Lawn Cemetery |
