John Richard Cowan Wrenshall[1] (August 12, 1868 in Baltimore, Maryland – March 1, 1942)[2][3][4] was a member of the Virginia Glee Club during the Glee Club 1887-1888[5] 1888-1889,[6] and 1889-1890 seasons. While at the University of Virginia he was also a member of Kappa Sigma and played banjo in the East Range Orchestra.
After graduating, he joined the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company.[7] He served as the engineer of maintenance-of-way for the Reading Company, operator of the Reading Railroad System, from 1902 to 1937.[4]
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- ↑ Directory of the Fraternity of Kappa Alpha 1867–1897. 1897. p. 34. https://archive.org/stream/directoryoffrate00kapp#page/34/mode/2up/search/wrenshall. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
- ↑ "Catalog". University of Virginia annual announcements, with a catalogue of the officers and students of the University of Virginia: 16. 1887–'88. http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=2005_Q4_3/uvaBook/tei/z000000161.xml;chunk.id=d9;toc.depth=1;toc.id=d9;brand=default;query=wrenshall#1.
- ↑ "John C. Wrenshall". New York Passenger Lists, 1820–1957 (Ancestry.com). http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=john+r.c.&gsfn_x=NIC&gsln=wrenshall&gsln_x=NN&mswpn__ftp=Baltimore%2c+Independent+Cities%2c+Maryland%2c+USA&mswpn=6193&mswpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3244%7c23%7c0%7c1696909%7c6193%7c0%7c&MSAV=0&msbdy=1868&cp=0&catbucket=rstp&uidh=qoc&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=2001432767&recoff=8+9+10&db=nypl&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "John C. Wrenshall, Jr.". New York Times: p. 24. 1942-03-03. http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/03/03/85520188.html?pageNumber=24. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
- ↑ Corks and Curls. I. 1888. p. 92.,
- ↑ Corks and Curls. II. 1889. p. 97.
- ↑ Garnet, J.M. (April 1903). "The Maryland Association of the Alumni of the University of Virginia". Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia III (2): 58. http://books.google.com/books?id=dSdPAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA58&ots=MuYgQhzBzO&dq=%22john%20r.c.%20wrenshall%22&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q=%22john%20r.c.%20wrenshall%22&f=false.