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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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  1. 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. 
  2. "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. 
  3. "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. 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. 
  5. Corks and Curls. I. 1888. p. 92. ,
  6. Corks and Curls. II. 1889. p. 97. 
  7. 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.