326:; director St. Joseph Water Co. He is a member of the St. Joseph Country Club, Highlands Golf Club, Benton Club, Waterways League of America, life member of the American Museum of Natural History, Rotary Club, life member Navy League, St. Joseph Duck Club, Larchmont Yacht Club, New York Yacht Club, Atlantic Club, life member National Rifle Association, life member American Defense Society, life member Audubon Society, Past Potentate of the Shrine, member of the Biscayne Yacht Club, member of the Sons of the Revolution and the Sons of 1812 War, the A.A.A., Elks, American Kennel Club, American Shepherd Club. He was married in 1883 to Leila Ballinger. Their children are William M. Wyeth, Mrs. Alison Wyeth Campbell, John Wyeth and Mrs. Maud Wyeth Painter, Cleveland, O. He has homes at Miami, Fla. and St. Joseph, Mo. His business address is St. Joseph, Mo.
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becoming manager of a retail hardware house, then a member of Wyeth
Hardware & Manufacturing Co., St. Joseph, Mo., in 1892 he organized the Artesian Ice & Cold Storage Co. and became its president and active head; in the Spanish–American War he organized a company for that service known as the Wyeth Guards, named for him and mustered into the service of the United States as Company C, Fourth Regiment of Missouri Volunteers; he is president of the Humane Society of St. Joseph, Mo.; in Masonry he is a noble of the Ancient Order of the Mystic Shrine, a member of Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knight Templar, and of Mitchell's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; member of the K. of P., the
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wholesale hardware firm, with a large harness, saddle and collar making subsidiary. In 1888, Huston was elected to be vice-president and director and, when his father died in 1901, Huston became president of the company. Huston later founded the St. Joseph
Artesian Ice and Cold Storage Company, the Standard Vitrified Brick Company, and the
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Huston Wyeth, merchant and manufacturer, was born July 8, 1863, at St. Joseph, Mo. He was educated in the schools of St. Joseph, Mo., and Racine, Wis. He is now president of the following corporations: Wyeth
Hardware and Manufacturing Co., Blue Valley Creamery Co., Wyeth Realty and Investment Co.;
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Ballinger (1865–1955) on April 4, 1883. Huston and Leila had four children: William Maxwell, Maud, Alison, and John. Huston was a recognized breeder of cattle, trotting horses, German Shepherds and mastiffs. In 1918–1922, the Wyeths built Wyethwood Estate. Huston traveled to
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Huston Wyeth began investing in cattle at age 17. He attended the Racine
Business College in Wisconsin. Upon returning to St. Joseph, Huston associated initially with the hardware firm of Lyon & Judson. He then began work at his father's firm, Wyeth Hardware and Manufacturing Company, a large
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Huston Wyeth, hardware merchant and manufacturer. Born July 8, 1863, St. Joseph, Mo. Son of
William Maxwell Wyeth and Eliza (Renick) Wyeth; educated in the public schools of St. Joseph, Mo., and Racine Business College of Racine, Wis.; in his seventeenth year engaged in cattle business, afterwards
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Artesian Ice Company of which he is president and the principal stockholder has been indicted along with the other St. Joseph ice manufacturing concerns as an 'ice trust,' Huston Wyeth has suspended work on an Italian plan, and has announced that he will move to Chicago. He is
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Africa, with his son-in-law, to hunt game. The Wyeths maintained winter quarters in Miami, Florida. Wyeth donated to the city of St. Joseph property that became Huston Wyeth Park, including Huston Wyeth Hill. This hill is on the
Missouri River bluffs, overlooking the
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Standard Vitrified Brick Company has just been organized in Coffeyville with the backing of some of the capitalists in Coffeyville and St. Joseph, Mo. *** It is composed of Huston Wyeth, the millionaire hardware man of St.
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on July 8, 1863, to William Maxwell Wyeth (1832–1901) and Eliza Renick Wyeth (1837–1920). Huston had two siblings, including Sue Maud (1861–1897). William's brothers, John and Frank, founded the
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of the Oregon Trail, and is a traditional site for couples to watch the sunset. Huston Wyeth died January 25, 1925, in Miami and is buried at
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