William Willet McAlpin

1858–1925 (age 67)

Industrialist

Biography

Born in 1858, William Willet McAlpin rose to prominence as an industrialist whose enterprises helped sustain a generation of laborers and families in the region, and whose steady judgment earned him the respect of colleagues across several districts.

He is remembered not only for the thriving factories he guided but also for the care he showed to employees and neighbors, a courtesy now honored at his resting place in Woodlawn Cemetery.