BIO: George E. Todd; Buffalo, Erie, Co., NY

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History of Northwestern New York: Erie, Niagara, Wyoming, Genesee and
Orleans Counties.
Lewis Historical Pub. Company, pub. about 1947 (?)
Vol. 3 Biographies

GEORGE E. TODD
Of the Maritime Milling Company, George E. Todd is the vice-president and
general manager of the large Buffalo unit of this noteworthy company. He made
his start in industry in connection with the Farmer's Feed Company that was
among the pioneers in utilizing of the by-products of the brewing industry for
their valuable nutritional value in the feeding of dairy cattle.

He was born at Katonah, Westchester County, New York, on July 19, 1889, son of
George B. and Lennie W. (Merritt) Todd, both natives of Katonah. His father
was one of the organizers of the Farmers Feed Company of New York, which is
reputed to have been the first to dry the spent mash of brewers and sell the
product to dairymen and cattle growers. This apparently unimportant enterprise
was really of historic significance, because it marked the beginning of those
developments which have shown to the world in general the importance of
vitamins and types of proteins in these modern times, among the remarkable
advancements in contributions to the science of health and foods of animals,
and as well of human beings.

George E. Todd was prepared for higher education at Blair Academy, Blairstown,
New Jersey, class of 1908, and after four years entered Williams College, in
Massachusetts. In his junior year he entered the employ of the Farmers Feed
Company, of New York City, and to 1912 was plant manager of the corporation in
The Bronx, New York City. From 1912 to 1920 he was an official with the
Farmers Feed Company of Buffalo, New York. At that time he was general manager
of the Maritime Trading Company, which was founded in 1916, and subsequently
became the Maritime Milling Company, Inc.; and since 1920 he has been
vice-president, general manager and a director of the Maritime Milling
Company. The present mill of the corporation was constructed in 1920, the
original unit being built on the old Howard farm at Lockwood and Tuft streets,
Buffalo. The business employs between three hundred and twenty-five and three
hundred and fifty people, and is one of the large feed manufacturing concerns
that further the prosperity of the western New York metropolis. As of 1945 the
officials of the company are: Charles F. Stehlin, president, of New Rochelle;
George E. Todd, vice-president, of Buffalo; Bruce K. Conover, vice-president
and secretary, William H. Gehring, treasurer, of Rockaway Park, Long Island,
New York, and Bruce K. Conover, Jr., assistant secretary. Aside from business
affiliations, George E. Todd is a member of the Buffalo Trap & Field Company,
Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, The Williams College Club of New York, Buffalo
Country Club and the Buffalo Club. Hunting and fishing are his favorite forms
of recreation.

At Paterson, New Jersey, in 1912, George B. Todd married Hazel E. Van Ness,
who died October 10, 1944. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Van Ness. Mr. and
Mrs. Todd were the parents of two daughters: 1. Marion, born, in October,
1916, at Buffalo, who married Charles M. Hunter, Jr., of Niagara Falls. 2.
Barbara Ann Todd, born in November, 1921.