1870–1955

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 10, 1870, Charles­ton, Mis­sou­ri.

Died: De­cem­ber 24, 1955, St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri.

Buried: Oak Grove Ce­me­te­ry, Bel-Nor, Mis­sou­ri.

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Biography

William was the son of Al­bert H. Dan­forth and Re­bec­ca Han­nah Lynn, and hus­band of Ad­da Bush (mar­ried 1894).

He grew up in Miss­iss­ip­pi Coun­ty, Mis­sou­ri, and gra­du­at­ed from Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­si­ty in St. Lou­is in 1892.

He found­ed the Rals­ton-Pu­ri­na com­pa­ny in St. Lou­is in 1894, and was a co-found­er of the Am­eri­can Youth Foun­da­tion (AYF) in 1924.

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