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206 Yale University Obituary Record
Ernst Watson Farley, Ph.B. 1901.
Bom February 21, 1879, tn Cleveland, Ohio
Died October 14, 1938, in Atlanta, Ga
Father, Thomas Swasey Farley, m the insurance busmess, Cleveland,
son of James Phillips and Chloe Swift (Callotte) Farley of Chelsea, Mass.
Mother, Anna Osgood (Cheever) Farley; daughter of Ira and Mehitabel
Gardner (Felt) Cheever of Salem and Chelsea, Mass
Cleveland Central High School Electncal engineering course; Umversity Bicycle Team three years (captam Semor year), intercollegiate
record holder for the one-rmle tandem bicycle race, member Class cup
committee and Cleveland Club
Assistant electrical engmeer New York Telephone Company for a
time m 1901, assistant supermtendent and electncal engmeer Iron Elevator & Transfer Company, Buffalo, N Y, 1901-04; assistant to the
electrical engmeer Niagara Construction Company, Ltd, of Ontario
1905, associated with Ohver Chilled Plow Company, South Bend, Ind ,
1905, Ontano Power Company, Niagara, N.Y, 1905-06, Tellunde
(Colo ) Power Company 1906-07, mamtenance supervisor and later
purchasing agent American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, N.Y ,
1907-14, owner and president Richmond (Va) Engmeermg Company
(incorporated 1926) smce 1914; elected second vice-president Richmond
Chamber of Commerce m 1938, former president Richmond Rotary
Club, president advisory board Salvation Army, correspondmg secretary
Richmond Young Men's Christian Association and member board of
directors 1918-38, chairman school committee Virginia Mechanics
Institute 1909-39, vice-president Yale Alumni Association of Richmond
1923-25, director Richmond School Board and Automobde Club of
Virginia, member County and Distnct Board of Henrico County,
American Society of Mechanical Engmeers (chairman Virginia section
1937-38), American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and Ginter Park
Baptist Church (charter member, deacon 1917-38, and trustee 1936-38)
Married Aprd 12, 1911, m Richmond, Maude Hutcheson Starke (B S
Women's College, Richmond, 1904), daughter of Edwm Douglas and
Susie (Dmgess) Starke Chddren* Ernst Watson, Jr. (B S m E E. Virginia Military Institute 1934), Edwm Starke (B S Richmond Umversity
1936), James Cheever (B.S. in EE Virginia Military Institute 1937),
Maude Safford (B A. Holhns College 1938), and Susanna (Holhns
College 1940).
Death due to lobar pneumoma. Buned m Forest Lawn Cemetery,
Richmond. Survived by wife, chddren, a brother, Ira C Farley of Cleveland, and a stepsister, Mrs. George Phypers of Cleveland.
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1935-1940 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1935-1940 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 206 |
| Transcript | 206 Yale University Obituary Record Ernst Watson Farley, Ph.B. 1901. Bom February 21, 1879, tn Cleveland, Ohio Died October 14, 1938, in Atlanta, Ga Father, Thomas Swasey Farley, m the insurance busmess, Cleveland, son of James Phillips and Chloe Swift (Callotte) Farley of Chelsea, Mass. Mother, Anna Osgood (Cheever) Farley; daughter of Ira and Mehitabel Gardner (Felt) Cheever of Salem and Chelsea, Mass Cleveland Central High School Electncal engineering course; Umversity Bicycle Team three years (captam Semor year), intercollegiate record holder for the one-rmle tandem bicycle race, member Class cup committee and Cleveland Club Assistant electrical engmeer New York Telephone Company for a time m 1901, assistant supermtendent and electncal engmeer Iron Elevator & Transfer Company, Buffalo, N Y, 1901-04; assistant to the electrical engmeer Niagara Construction Company, Ltd, of Ontario 1905, associated with Ohver Chilled Plow Company, South Bend, Ind , 1905, Ontano Power Company, Niagara, N.Y, 1905-06, Tellunde (Colo ) Power Company 1906-07, mamtenance supervisor and later purchasing agent American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, N.Y , 1907-14, owner and president Richmond (Va) Engmeermg Company (incorporated 1926) smce 1914; elected second vice-president Richmond Chamber of Commerce m 1938, former president Richmond Rotary Club, president advisory board Salvation Army, correspondmg secretary Richmond Young Men's Christian Association and member board of directors 1918-38, chairman school committee Virginia Mechanics Institute 1909-39, vice-president Yale Alumni Association of Richmond 1923-25, director Richmond School Board and Automobde Club of Virginia, member County and Distnct Board of Henrico County, American Society of Mechanical Engmeers (chairman Virginia section 1937-38), American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and Ginter Park Baptist Church (charter member, deacon 1917-38, and trustee 1936-38) Married Aprd 12, 1911, m Richmond, Maude Hutcheson Starke (B S Women's College, Richmond, 1904), daughter of Edwm Douglas and Susie (Dmgess) Starke Chddren* Ernst Watson, Jr. (B S m E E. Virginia Military Institute 1934), Edwm Starke (B S Richmond Umversity 1936), James Cheever (B.S. in EE Virginia Military Institute 1937), Maude Safford (B A. Holhns College 1938), and Susanna (Holhns College 1940). Death due to lobar pneumoma. Buned m Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond. Survived by wife, chddren, a brother, Ira C Farley of Cleveland, and a stepsister, Mrs. George Phypers of Cleveland. |