1923 - 1988 (64 years)
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Name |
Cortright Wetherill |
Birth |
26 Nov 1923 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
23 May 1988 |
Philadelphia, USA |
Person ID |
I105731 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
Family |
Ella Widener, b. 14 Jun 1928 d. 6 May 1986, American Hospital, Paris, France (Age 57 years) |
Marriage |
Feb 1949 |
Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr |
Children |
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Family ID |
F38570 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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Notes |
- He enrolled at Princeton but took time away from school to serve in the Army's 84th Infantry Division in Germany and France during WW II where he saw action and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He attended the Sorbonne but returned to Princeton. He then became a stockbroker with the Philadelphia firm of Janney Montgomery Scott from which he later resigned to breed and race horses at his Happy Hill Farm. His most famous horse was Raise A Native who produced over 70 stakes winners.
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