Widdicombe, John

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John Widdicombe was born in Grand Rapids. His great-grandfather came to New York from England, before moving to Grand Rapids. Mr. Widdicombe's grandfather Alfred H. Sherwood started the Grand Rapids Panel Company, invented embalming fluid, and had a cottage in Macatawa Park rumored to have been designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Mr. Widdicombe's father was a lumberman in the north. Mr. Widdicombe attended the University of Virginia. He then moved to New York where he taught at the Grace Church Choir School.

Date Created:

1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries

Subject Topic:

Michigan--History, Local histories, Memoirs, Oral histories (document genre), Grand Rapids (Mich.), Personal narratives, Heritage Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.), and Grand Valley State University

Language:

eng

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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>

URL:

https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/22646