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Gurdon Wallace Wattles (May 12, 1855 - January 31, 1932) was an early businessman, banker and civic leader in Omaha, Nebraska who became responsible for bankrolling much of early Hollywood.〔(2006) ("Gurdon Wattles" ), ''Hollywood Heritage''. September. Retrieved 2/6/08.〕 Wattles was said to possess "all the right credentials to direct Omaha's fortunes for the twentieth century in the post-pioneer era: humble beginnings, outstanding ability, a fine intellect, impeccable manners, driving ambition, and a ruthless streak."〔Larsen, L. and Cottrell, B. (1997) ''The Gate City: A History of Omaha.'' University of Nebraska Press. p. 132.〕 ==Personal life== Gurdon Wallace Wattles〔http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH2&CISOPTR=56944&REC=6〕 was the third son of James Wattles and Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Whitton. He was born on May 12, 1855 in the town of Richford, Tioga County, New York and died on January 31, 1932 at Hollywood, California. He was the grandson of Jehiel Wattles and Phoebe Lathrop; and Dr. Tower Whitton,〔http://books.google.com/books?id=sju7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=%22tower+whiton%22&source=bl&ots=-tIClDzEIl&sig=T7EfZt8bXihSGu9iYgWlWh9pgNc&hl=en&ei=PuRyS7GMBIO-sgOA7qiPBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22tower%20whiton%22&f=false〕 a 1796 graduate of Dartmouth College. His first name, Gurdon, was derived from his ancestor Brampton Gurdon who was a Member of Parliament for Sudbury (1621) and High Sheriff of Suffolk. His daughter, Muriel Gurdon, married Richard Saltonstall, Jr., the son of Sir Richard Saltonstall, Sr., who led a group of English settlers up the Charles River to settle in what is now Watertown, Massachusetts in 1630. He was a descendant of Mayflower passengers Elder William Brewster and John Howland. He was also a descendant of John Lothropp who was an English Anglican clergyman, who became a Congregationalist minister and emigrant to New England. He was the founder of Barnstable, Massachusetts, and John Mason, an English Army Major, a Deputy Governor of Connecticut and the principle founder of Norwich, Connecticut. One of his distant relatives from his father's side is Edward Everett an American politician and President of Harvard University. Gurdon's father served as a Lieutenant in the 109th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the War of the Rebellion and after the war decided to move the family. They traveled in a covered wagon settling in Glidden, Iowa in 1868. Gurdon graduated from high school there, and soon after become a teacher. He attended Iowa State University graduating in 1876, joining the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and the debate team. He married Abigail Jane "Jennie" Leete〔https://archive.org/stream/familyofwilliaml00leet/familyofwilliaml00leet_djvu.txt〕 on October 20, 1882 in Jennie's hometown of Clarksville, Butler County, Iowa. They had meet while students at Iowa Agricultural College. She was the daughter of Allen N. Leete and Abigail Button and a direct descendant of Governor William Leete,〔 * http://www.onlinebiographies.info/gov/leete-william.htm〕 who was the Governor of the Colony of New Haven from 1661 to 1665 and Governor of Connecticut from 1676 to 1683. She was born about 1858 in Clarksville, Iowa, and died on May 25, 1916 at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. They were the parents of three children: Frederick Leete Wattles, Margaret Elizabeth Wattles and Mary Louise Wattles. He remarried at Estes Park, Colorado on June 26, 1918 to Julia Vance. She was born at Milford, Nebraska, on August 23, 1883, the daughter of Alexander Hamilton Vance. She died in November 1977 in Los Angeles, California. She studied for 3 years at Doane College and was a graduate of both Oberlin College and Columbia College. She was the director of the home economics department at the University of Nebraska when she met Gurdon Wattles. She gave birth to a son, Gurdon Wallace Wattles, Jr., on May 5, 1920 at their home in Hollywood, California.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gurdon Wattles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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