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Biographies
History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio
Vols. 1 & 2
By Jos. G. Butler, Jr. -Publ. American Historical Society -
Chicago & New York
1921
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Transcribed by Sharon Wick
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W. WILSON
GALBREATH, president of the Youngstown Pressed Steel Company,
is one of the practical executives in this line of industry and is
also a forceful factor in civic affairs. He was born in the
Village of Darlington in Hartford County, Maryland, on Dec. 8, 1882,
a son of A. F. and Sarah (Wilson) Galbreath, who yet reside
in that locality.
After attending the public schools of his native town,
and being graduated from its high school course, W. Wilson
Galbreath completed his educational training at Saint John's
College, Annapolis, Maryland. A week after he left college he
began working for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and remained with
that road in different capacities for over four years. In 1907
he came to Youngstown and became a salesman for the General
Fireproofing Company, and rose rapidly, becoming purchasing agent,
assistant to the president, and then sales manager of that
corporation. Upon the re-chartering of the Youngstown Pressed
Steel Company on Nov. 1, 1917, Mr. Galbreath was elected its
president, and through his genius as an organizer he has made it one
of the large corporations of this industrial district.
Mr. Galbreath was united in marriage with
Miss Natalie Cole, of Baltimore, Maryland, and they have one
child, William Wilson Galbreath. Ever since locating at
Youngstown, Mr. Galbreath has taken hold of things with a
dynamic energy, and every organization with which he has become
associated has felt the force of his influence. The Chamber of
Commerce, the Youngstown Club, the Youngstown Country Club, and
various trade orders all have been energized by him, and so natural
and spontaneous is this enthusiastic interest that he wins friends
by it instead of antagonizing his associates as some great
organizers appear to do. Both he and his wife are members of
the Presbyterian Church. Although practically a recent
addition to the commercial life of Youngstown, he has accomplished
much in the time he has lived here, and judging the future in the
light cast by past events, is likely to develop his business and
personal connections to a still greater degree.
Source: History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. American Historical Society - Chicago & New York - 1921
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