S. Davies Warfield

S. Davies Warfield

S. (Solomon) Davies Warfield (1863 – October 24, 1927) was an American railroad organizer and banker. He is primarily remembered for his role in the project to drain the Florida Everglades and for the extension of existing rail lines in order to encourage commercial development of the state of Florida.

Biography

Warfield was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, the son of Henry Mactier Warfield and Anna W. Emory Warfield. His father was a prominent grain merchant and director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He was the uncle of Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson (Spencer), who became the bride of the King of the United Kingdom, Edward VIII (after he abdicated in order to marry her); they became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Occupations

*President of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad
*President of the Continental Trust Company of Baltimore
*President of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company
*Director of the Maryland Casualty Company
*Director of the New York Life Insurance Company

"SS President Warfield

The "SS President Warfield" was built in 1928 by Pussey and Jones Corp., Wilmington, Delaware, for the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, and named after its president. This ship changed its name in open water in 1947 to the SS Exodus, and gained fame as the vessel that tried to transport 4,500 Jewish refugees from Europe to Palestine, ultimately failing in the endeavor.

References

*New York Times obituary, October 25, 1927.
* [http://www.aclsal.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=107 Website on the Seaboard_Air_Line_Railroad]


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