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Edgar Duryea Pouch

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Edgar Duryea Pouch

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
17 Feb 1931 (aged 52)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.058904, Longitude: -73.6230215
Plot
CT Cemetery Inscriptions - Section F
Memorial ID
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Obituary provided by Find A Grave
Member, Judith Thomas de Neville and
taken from the Yale University Obit 1931:

EDGAR DURYEA POUCH, Ph.B. 1898. Born November 3, 1878 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Died February 17, 1931 in New York City. Father: Alfred Johnson Pouch; Chairman of several operating companies of Standard Oil Company; President of American Dock Company. Mother: Harriet Elizabeth (Hascy) Pouch. Adelphi Academy, Mechanical engineering course; on Freshman and Second Glee clubs and Apollo Banjo Club two years; secretary of Sheffield Debating Club Freshman year; Class deacon three years; member Class Day Committee. Clerk with Standard Oil Company 1898-1900; clerk and later bond salesman with Fanshaw & Company in New York 1900-04; member of New York Stock Exchange firm of Chisholm & Hatch (of which Harold A. Hatch, ;98, also a member) 1904-05 and of its successor; Chrisholm & Pouch, 1905-07; then bought a seat on Stock Exchange and formed partnership of Pouch & Company of which senior partner until death; director of American Dock Company since 1900, The Delewan Company since 1910, Concrete Steel since 1920 and Central Stamping Company since 1925; vice-president of Westland Oil Company of Tulsa, Okla., since 1925 and director since 1920; trustee of First Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, Conn.; chairman of personnel committee of eastern department of Y.M.C.A. 1917-18; overseas secretary November 1918-April 7, 1919; acted as assistant regional director in Coblenz; class agent of Class of 1898 S. since Sheffield Scientific School 225 1913; director of Alumni University Fund Association since Married November 20, 1901 in Brooklyn. Children: Donald Stuart; Mary Alkman (Mrs. Austin L. Smithers); and Alfred Johnson, 2d.

Death followed an operation for appendicitis. Buried in Putnum Cemetery, Greenwich. Survivied by wife, two sons, daughter, two grandsons, a sister, Mrs. Norman P. Geis of Riverside, Conn., and three brothers, William H. Pouch, '96 S., Frederick H. Pouch ofStamford, Conn. and Oscar Pouch of New York City.

Norman Church Spencer, Ph.B.
Obituary provided by Find A Grave
Member, Judith Thomas de Neville and
taken from the Yale University Obit 1931:

EDGAR DURYEA POUCH, Ph.B. 1898. Born November 3, 1878 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Died February 17, 1931 in New York City. Father: Alfred Johnson Pouch; Chairman of several operating companies of Standard Oil Company; President of American Dock Company. Mother: Harriet Elizabeth (Hascy) Pouch. Adelphi Academy, Mechanical engineering course; on Freshman and Second Glee clubs and Apollo Banjo Club two years; secretary of Sheffield Debating Club Freshman year; Class deacon three years; member Class Day Committee. Clerk with Standard Oil Company 1898-1900; clerk and later bond salesman with Fanshaw & Company in New York 1900-04; member of New York Stock Exchange firm of Chisholm & Hatch (of which Harold A. Hatch, ;98, also a member) 1904-05 and of its successor; Chrisholm & Pouch, 1905-07; then bought a seat on Stock Exchange and formed partnership of Pouch & Company of which senior partner until death; director of American Dock Company since 1900, The Delewan Company since 1910, Concrete Steel since 1920 and Central Stamping Company since 1925; vice-president of Westland Oil Company of Tulsa, Okla., since 1925 and director since 1920; trustee of First Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, Conn.; chairman of personnel committee of eastern department of Y.M.C.A. 1917-18; overseas secretary November 1918-April 7, 1919; acted as assistant regional director in Coblenz; class agent of Class of 1898 S. since Sheffield Scientific School 225 1913; director of Alumni University Fund Association since Married November 20, 1901 in Brooklyn. Children: Donald Stuart; Mary Alkman (Mrs. Austin L. Smithers); and Alfred Johnson, 2d.

Death followed an operation for appendicitis. Buried in Putnum Cemetery, Greenwich. Survivied by wife, two sons, daughter, two grandsons, a sister, Mrs. Norman P. Geis of Riverside, Conn., and three brothers, William H. Pouch, '96 S., Frederick H. Pouch ofStamford, Conn. and Oscar Pouch of New York City.

Norman Church Spencer, Ph.B.


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