Ganson
Depew
Male
United States of America
1866-03-06
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
1934-09-25
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Depew was born in Buffalo on March 6, 1866. His father, William B. Depew, came to Buffalo from Peekskill in 1864 and was connected with railroad enterprises. Ganson Depew attended public schools and, in 1884, graduated from Buffalo High School where he served as president of his class. Depew ?won honor as an advocate and distinction as a public spirited, enterprising citizen,? according to an account.
?He was a cousin of John Ganson and a nephew of Chauncey M. Depew, president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, and a U.S. Senator. In his youth, Ganson Depew played tennis and was one of the stars of his district. He started playing golf in 1896, at age 30, on the three-hole course at the Buffalo CC. He served as chairman of the club?s green committee and was very active in district golf affairs and held numerous official positions in area organizations. ?In civic matters he never slighted those onerous responsibilities many men prominent in public life usually handle casually,? wrote ?Golfdom?.
?Depew passed the bar in 1887 and worked at Green, McMillan & Gluck, and became a member of the firm in 1890, under the name of McMillan, Gluck, Pooley & Depew. It?s one of the strongest and oldest law firms in Western New York. Both in 1892 and again in 1895 he was elected a director of the Buffalo Library and in December 1897, was appointed by Mayor Jewett as a trustee of the Grosvenor Library. Depew was a member of the Buffalo, Liberal, Saturn, and Country Clubs, the Sons of the American Revolution, and St. Paul?s Episcopal church, and is a Royal Arch Mason, holding membership in Ancient Landmarks Lodge No. 441, F.&A.M., and Adytum Chapter No. 285, R.A.M.D.
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?Ganson Depew was the last male of the distinguished Depew family. At the time of his death, he was president of the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce. He was one of the four honorary members of the Society of the Cincinnati, the aristocrat of patriotic bodies. He also was an honorary officer of the Polish army and an admiral in the Kentucky navy. He used to hope that Kentucky and Poland never got into a brawl as he always wanted to do his best by all his friends.
Ganson Depew was described as an outstanding, lovely character, a rare combination of aristocrat and democratic gentleman sportsman, ?Golfdom? wrote
1886 - 1905
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1886 - Buffalo (Amateur)
Round 1
F. Darley 1 *
Ganson Depew
6-3
6-8
6-3
Round 2
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
Ganson Depew
6-1
6-4
6-3
Preliminary Round
Ganson Depew 1 *
Mr. Gurney
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Ganson Depew 1 *
Arthur Delancey Ayrault
6-3
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Ganson Depew 1 *
Henry Gordon Mackenzie
6-3
7-5
Semifinals
Ganson Depew 1 *
R. Keep
6-5
5-6
6-2
Final
Ganson Depew 1 *
Edward Everett Tanner
6-3
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Ganson Depew 1 *
Charles Amherst Chase
5-6
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Ganson Depew 1 *
W.E. Hodgman
6-4
6-1
Final
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Ganson Depew
6-2
6-0
6-2