Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Robert J Whaley



Born: 1840
Married: Mary McFarlan
Children: Donald 1869
Died:1922

R. J. Whaley served as Citizens Bank's president for over forty years. His 1886 loan to the Flint Road Cart Company eventually led to the creation of General Motors in 1908.
(Pic: Whaley House, still stands today and is now a museum)

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