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| 2. | Jr. William Mackey Wherry was born on 18 Jan 1878 in West Point, Orange County, NY (son of William Mackey Wherry and Alice Wilms Grammer); died on 7 May 1960 in New York. Notes:
From the April-May-June 1960 [#6] issue of "Aday to Remember", a genealogical packet, comes the following about him, originally from the Herald Tribune, Sunday, Mary 8, 1960, New York: "Framingham, Mass., May 7.--William M. Wherry, eighty-two, New York attorney who was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Lawyer's Referral Service, died today in Memorial Hospital. He lived at 125 E. 74th St., New York.
"Mr. Wherry was a senior partner in the firm of Wherry and Weadock, 375 Park Ave., New York. The Lawyers' Referral Service provides inexpensive legal advice to persons with small incomes who cannot afford other legal aid.
"Directed Bar Service. Between 1948 and 1951 Mr. Wherry was chairman of the American Bar Assocation's Committee on Lawyer Referral Service. He directed the association's effort to extend the service throughout the country.
"Colombia Law Graduate. Mr. Wherry was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1898, studied law at the Univesity of Cincinnati and Columbia, and admitted to the bar in 1900. He was a past chairman on the Committee of Professional Ethics of the New York State Bar Association and a fomer director and chairman of the New York County Lawyers' Association Committee on Aeronautical Law.
"Mr. Wherry wrote three books on various phases of law and numerous pamphlets and articles on preventive law and on children of unstable families. He was a member of the Union League Club of New York, the Loyal Legion, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Delta Phi..."
William married Rhoda Ogden Zug on 7 Apr 1902 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA. Rhoda was born on 28 Jul 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 4. | William Mackey Wherry was born on 13 Sep 1836 in St. Louis, MO (son of Joseph Antoine Wherry and Amelia Harriet Homer); died on 3 Nov 1918 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH. Notes:
From the April-May-June 1960 [#6] issue of "Aday to Remember", a genealogical packet, comes the following about him: "Brigadier Genearl William Mackey Wherry b. 13 Sept 1836, St. Lousi, Mo., son of Joeph Antoine and Amelia Harriet (Horner) Wherry, md. Alice W. Grammer of Washington, D.C., in 1868. Their son, William Mackey Wherry, Jr., b. 18 Jan. 1878 at West Point, N.Y., married Rhoda Edwards Zug, 17 April 1902."
William married Alice Wilms Grammer on 10 Jun 1868 in Washington, DC. Alice was born in 1847; died on 18 Oct 1888 in Ft. Levenworth, Levenworth County, KS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Alice Wilms Grammer was born in 1847; died on 18 Oct 1888 in Ft. Levenworth, Levenworth County, KS. Children:
- Alice Gertrude Wherry was born on 6 Nov 1871 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; died est 1885/1965.
- 2. Jr. William Mackey Wherry was born on 18 Jan 1878 in West Point, Orange County, NY; died on 7 May 1960 in New York.
- Julia Probasco Wherry was born on 11 Mar 1870 in St. Louis, MO; died est 1906/1965.
- Margaretta Louise Wherry was born on 22 Dec 1873 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; died est 1902/1967.
- Harriet Schofield Wherry was born on 23 May 1876; died est 1904/1970.
- Henry Probasco Wherry was born in Oct 1879 in West Point, Orange County, NY; died est 1880/1969.
- Schofield Wherry
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