Bios: WILLOCK, Curtis M. : Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Marta Burns. marta43@juno.com USGENWEB ARCHIVES (tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ____________________________________________________ Curtis M Willock of Pittsburg, Penna, one of the younger members of the bar, was born in Allegheny City, Penna, December 17, 1875, son of Samuel M Willock and Linda Haines Willock, both surviving and residing in Allegheny City, Penna. The great grandfather of Curtis M Willock, Alexander Willock and his brother, Noble Willock, were two of the original 107 voters of the first registry list of the county compiled in 1804. The ancestry of the Willock family is of Scotch descent. Alexander Willock settled in Pittsburghin 1792, and kept the first inn opened in that city. In 1815 he and his family removed to what is now known as Willock Station on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad where he spent the remainder of his life. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was born at Willock Station and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death in 1892. The father of Curtis M was born on the old homestead farm at Willock Station in 1841, and is now proprietor of the Waverly oil works of Pittsburg. Curtis M Willock was graduated at Princeton University in 1896 and from Harvard Law School in 1899 and was admitted to the bar at Pittsburg, March 24, 1900. He is a member of all courts, stands well with his fellow members of the bar, and controls a good practice. He was married in Pittsburgh, May 3, 1900, to Mary C Stevenson, daughter of John Stevenson Jr of Sharon, Penna, and their home life is an ideal one. Mr Willock is secretary of the Voters' civic league, member of the Third Presbyterian Church, and resides in the twentieth ward. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and genealogical. Vol. 1 p143