Frank Waldo Vaille, B.A. 1876.
Born December 7, 1854, in Springfield, Mass.
Died January 9, 1928, in Honolulu, Hawaii
Father, Henry Robert Vaille (B.A. Williams 1835, MD Berkshire Medical Institute 1838), a physician in Springfield; in 1846 went to Paris to study surgery and took with him a sample of ether; probably introduced its use into Europe; son of Thaddeus and Mary (Farr) Underwood; changed his name to Vaille by an act of the Legislature in 1837; descendant of Joseph Underwood, who came to America from England in 1637 and settled at Hmgham, Mass , and later founded the Watertown (Mass ) branch of the Underwood family. Mother, Sarah Wilkinson (Lewis) Vaille; daughter of Jason and Ruth (Wilkinson) Lewis; descendant of William Lewis, who came to this country from England in 1635 and settled at Dedham, Mass ; descended also from Lawrence Wilkinson, who was one of Roger Williams' associates in the founding of Providence Plantations, R I , and from Isaac Allerton, a member of the "Mayflower" company. Yale relatives include two nephews, Douglas V Wallace, '06 S , and Norman Wallace, '14 S. Springfield High School Second colloquy appointments Junior and Senior years; member '76 Football Twenty and Gamma Nu. Studied in Yale School of Medicine 1876-77; served in the U S Railway Mail Service a little over fifty years; appointed first to the Pittsburgh & St Louis Railway Post Office with headquarters at St Louis, Mo , and assigned as assistant transfer clerk September, 1877; reassigned as head clerk, with headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind , July 1,1878; in December, 1881, transferred to the Cincinnati & St Louis Railway Post Office and the following March promoted to chief head clerk; transferred to the Granger & Huntington Railway Post Office, with headquarters at Ogden, Utah, July, 1885, and to the Omaha & Ogden Railway Post Office, East Division, with headquarters at Omaha, Nebr , July, 1886; promoted to head clerk on that line December 1886; transferred to Chicago & Cincinnati Railway Post Office and made chief clerk in the office of the superintendent at Cincinnati May, 1889, promoted to assistant superintendent, with headquarters at Washington, D. C , December 16, 1890, in 1893 assigned to the charge of one car of the celebrated "Gold Tram," which carried $20,000,000 in gold from San Francisco to New York; reassigned June 7,1898, in charge of the Army and Navy mail in the Philippines; entered Manila in August before the arrival of the United States troops and had possession of the Post Office before the American flag was over the city, made director of posts 1899 and director general January 26, 1900 for the Philippines; reappointed assistant superintendent March 6, 1901, with headquarters at Washington, D C , promoted to division superintendent, with headquarters at Seattle", Wash , July 1, 1909; reappointed chief clerk, July 1, 1916, with headquarters at Honolulu; reached the retirement age December 7, 1924, but was certified by the Postmaster General and the Civil Service Commission for continuance, at the expiration of his two-years' extension was recertified for another extension of two years and was so serving at the time of his death, president of Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii in 1927, member Oregon Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Married January 30, 1890, in Indianapolis, Ind , Juna Emma, daughter of William Goodwin and Mary Jane (Mc- Lain) Boaz.
Children. Frank Waldo, Jr., and Madora Boaz (Mrs Jay Arnet Barbour). Mrs Vaille died May 13,1897
Death due to heart disease.
Buried in Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
Survived by son, daughter, four grandchildren, three brothers, Thomas P. Vaille, '73, Fredrick O. and Howard T. Vaille, both of Denver, Colo., and a sister, Mrs. Andrew B. Wallace, Sr , of Springfield, Mass.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Born December 7, 1854, in Springfield, Mass.
Died January 9, 1928, in Honolulu, Hawaii
Father, Henry Robert Vaille (B.A. Williams 1835, MD Berkshire Medical Institute 1838), a physician in Springfield; in 1846 went to Paris to study surgery and took with him a sample of ether; probably introduced its use into Europe; son of Thaddeus and Mary (Farr) Underwood; changed his name to Vaille by an act of the Legislature in 1837; descendant of Joseph Underwood, who came to America from England in 1637 and settled at Hmgham, Mass , and later founded the Watertown (Mass ) branch of the Underwood family. Mother, Sarah Wilkinson (Lewis) Vaille; daughter of Jason and Ruth (Wilkinson) Lewis; descendant of William Lewis, who came to this country from England in 1635 and settled at Dedham, Mass ; descended also from Lawrence Wilkinson, who was one of Roger Williams' associates in the founding of Providence Plantations, R I , and from Isaac Allerton, a member of the "Mayflower" company. Yale relatives include two nephews, Douglas V Wallace, '06 S , and Norman Wallace, '14 S. Springfield High School Second colloquy appointments Junior and Senior years; member '76 Football Twenty and Gamma Nu. Studied in Yale School of Medicine 1876-77; served in the U S Railway Mail Service a little over fifty years; appointed first to the Pittsburgh & St Louis Railway Post Office with headquarters at St Louis, Mo , and assigned as assistant transfer clerk September, 1877; reassigned as head clerk, with headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind , July 1,1878; in December, 1881, transferred to the Cincinnati & St Louis Railway Post Office and the following March promoted to chief head clerk; transferred to the Granger & Huntington Railway Post Office, with headquarters at Ogden, Utah, July, 1885, and to the Omaha & Ogden Railway Post Office, East Division, with headquarters at Omaha, Nebr , July, 1886; promoted to head clerk on that line December 1886; transferred to Chicago & Cincinnati Railway Post Office and made chief clerk in the office of the superintendent at Cincinnati May, 1889, promoted to assistant superintendent, with headquarters at Washington, D. C , December 16, 1890, in 1893 assigned to the charge of one car of the celebrated "Gold Tram," which carried $20,000,000 in gold from San Francisco to New York; reassigned June 7,1898, in charge of the Army and Navy mail in the Philippines; entered Manila in August before the arrival of the United States troops and had possession of the Post Office before the American flag was over the city, made director of posts 1899 and director general January 26, 1900 for the Philippines; reappointed assistant superintendent March 6, 1901, with headquarters at Washington, D C , promoted to division superintendent, with headquarters at Seattle", Wash , July 1, 1909; reappointed chief clerk, July 1, 1916, with headquarters at Honolulu; reached the retirement age December 7, 1924, but was certified by the Postmaster General and the Civil Service Commission for continuance, at the expiration of his two-years' extension was recertified for another extension of two years and was so serving at the time of his death, president of Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii in 1927, member Oregon Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Married January 30, 1890, in Indianapolis, Ind , Juna Emma, daughter of William Goodwin and Mary Jane (Mc- Lain) Boaz.
Children. Frank Waldo, Jr., and Madora Boaz (Mrs Jay Arnet Barbour). Mrs Vaille died May 13,1897
Death due to heart disease.
Buried in Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
Survived by son, daughter, four grandchildren, three brothers, Thomas P. Vaille, '73, Fredrick O. and Howard T. Vaille, both of Denver, Colo., and a sister, Mrs. Andrew B. Wallace, Sr , of Springfield, Mass.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Frank Waldo Vaille, B.A. 1876.
Born December 7, 1854, in Springfield, Mass.
Died January 9, 1928, in Honolulu, Hawaii
Father, Henry Robert Vaille (B.A. Williams 1835, MD Berkshire Medical Institute 1838), a physician in Springfield; in 1846 went to Paris to study surgery and took with him a sample of ether; probably introduced its use into Europe; son of Thaddeus and Mary (Farr) Underwood; changed his name to Vaille by an act of the Legislature in 1837; descendant of Joseph Underwood, who came to America from England in 1637 and settled at Hmgham, Mass , and later founded the Watertown (Mass ) branch of the Underwood family. Mother, Sarah Wilkinson (Lewis) Vaille; daughter of Jason and Ruth (Wilkinson) Lewis; descendant of William Lewis, who came to this country from England in 1635 and settled at Dedham, Mass ; descended also from Lawrence Wilkinson, who was one of Roger Williams' associates in the founding of Providence Plantations, R I , and from Isaac Allerton, a member of the "Mayflower" company. Yale relatives include two nephews, Douglas V Wallace, '06 S , and Norman Wallace, '14 S. Springfield High School Second colloquy appointments Junior and Senior years; member '76 Football Twenty and Gamma Nu. Studied in Yale School of Medicine 1876-77; served in the U S Railway Mail Service a little over fifty years; appointed first to the Pittsburgh & St Louis Railway Post Office with headquarters at St Louis, Mo , and assigned as assistant transfer clerk September, 1877; reassigned as head clerk, with headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind , July 1,1878; in December, 1881, transferred to the Cincinnati & St Louis Railway Post Office and the following March promoted to chief head clerk; transferred to the Granger & Huntington Railway Post Office, with headquarters at Ogden, Utah, July, 1885, and to the Omaha & Ogden Railway Post Office, East Division, with headquarters at Omaha, Nebr , July, 1886; promoted to head clerk on that line December 1886; transferred to Chicago & Cincinnati Railway Post Office and made chief clerk in the office of the superintendent at Cincinnati May, 1889, promoted to assistant superintendent, with headquarters at Washington, D. C , December 16, 1890, in 1893 assigned to the charge of one car of the celebrated "Gold Tram," which carried $20,000,000 in gold from San Francisco to New York; reassigned June 7,1898, in charge of the Army and Navy mail in the Philippines; entered Manila in August before the arrival of the United States troops and had possession of the Post Office before the American flag was over the city, made director of posts 1899 and director general January 26, 1900 for the Philippines; reappointed assistant superintendent March 6, 1901, with headquarters at Washington, D C , promoted to division superintendent, with headquarters at Seattle", Wash , July 1, 1909; reappointed chief clerk, July 1, 1916, with headquarters at Honolulu; reached the retirement age December 7, 1924, but was certified by the Postmaster General and the Civil Service Commission for continuance, at the expiration of his two-years' extension was recertified for another extension of two years and was so serving at the time of his death, president of Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii in 1927, member Oregon Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Married January 30, 1890, in Indianapolis, Ind , Juna Emma, daughter of William Goodwin and Mary Jane (Mc- Lain) Boaz.
Children. Frank Waldo, Jr., and Madora Boaz (Mrs Jay Arnet Barbour). Mrs Vaille died May 13,1897
Death due to heart disease.
Buried in Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
Survived by son, daughter, four grandchildren, three brothers, Thomas P. Vaille, '73, Fredrick O. and Howard T. Vaille, both of Denver, Colo., and a sister, Mrs. Andrew B. Wallace, Sr , of Springfield, Mass.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
Born December 7, 1854, in Springfield, Mass.
Died January 9, 1928, in Honolulu, Hawaii
Father, Henry Robert Vaille (B.A. Williams 1835, MD Berkshire Medical Institute 1838), a physician in Springfield; in 1846 went to Paris to study surgery and took with him a sample of ether; probably introduced its use into Europe; son of Thaddeus and Mary (Farr) Underwood; changed his name to Vaille by an act of the Legislature in 1837; descendant of Joseph Underwood, who came to America from England in 1637 and settled at Hmgham, Mass , and later founded the Watertown (Mass ) branch of the Underwood family. Mother, Sarah Wilkinson (Lewis) Vaille; daughter of Jason and Ruth (Wilkinson) Lewis; descendant of William Lewis, who came to this country from England in 1635 and settled at Dedham, Mass ; descended also from Lawrence Wilkinson, who was one of Roger Williams' associates in the founding of Providence Plantations, R I , and from Isaac Allerton, a member of the "Mayflower" company. Yale relatives include two nephews, Douglas V Wallace, '06 S , and Norman Wallace, '14 S. Springfield High School Second colloquy appointments Junior and Senior years; member '76 Football Twenty and Gamma Nu. Studied in Yale School of Medicine 1876-77; served in the U S Railway Mail Service a little over fifty years; appointed first to the Pittsburgh & St Louis Railway Post Office with headquarters at St Louis, Mo , and assigned as assistant transfer clerk September, 1877; reassigned as head clerk, with headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind , July 1,1878; in December, 1881, transferred to the Cincinnati & St Louis Railway Post Office and the following March promoted to chief head clerk; transferred to the Granger & Huntington Railway Post Office, with headquarters at Ogden, Utah, July, 1885, and to the Omaha & Ogden Railway Post Office, East Division, with headquarters at Omaha, Nebr , July, 1886; promoted to head clerk on that line December 1886; transferred to Chicago & Cincinnati Railway Post Office and made chief clerk in the office of the superintendent at Cincinnati May, 1889, promoted to assistant superintendent, with headquarters at Washington, D. C , December 16, 1890, in 1893 assigned to the charge of one car of the celebrated "Gold Tram," which carried $20,000,000 in gold from San Francisco to New York; reassigned June 7,1898, in charge of the Army and Navy mail in the Philippines; entered Manila in August before the arrival of the United States troops and had possession of the Post Office before the American flag was over the city, made director of posts 1899 and director general January 26, 1900 for the Philippines; reappointed assistant superintendent March 6, 1901, with headquarters at Washington, D C , promoted to division superintendent, with headquarters at Seattle", Wash , July 1, 1909; reappointed chief clerk, July 1, 1916, with headquarters at Honolulu; reached the retirement age December 7, 1924, but was certified by the Postmaster General and the Civil Service Commission for continuance, at the expiration of his two-years' extension was recertified for another extension of two years and was so serving at the time of his death, president of Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii in 1927, member Oregon Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Married January 30, 1890, in Indianapolis, Ind , Juna Emma, daughter of William Goodwin and Mary Jane (Mc- Lain) Boaz.
Children. Frank Waldo, Jr., and Madora Boaz (Mrs Jay Arnet Barbour). Mrs Vaille died May 13,1897
Death due to heart disease.
Buried in Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
Survived by son, daughter, four grandchildren, three brothers, Thomas P. Vaille, '73, Fredrick O. and Howard T. Vaille, both of Denver, Colo., and a sister, Mrs. Andrew B. Wallace, Sr , of Springfield, Mass.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf
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