New-York tribune., 1920-12-30
A. J. H!enaphill,
Financier, Dies
At Age of 64
End Comes to Guaranty
Trust Co. Chairman at His
Home Here After Brief
Illness Affecting Heart
Began as a Rail Clerk
Served for % Years az Nor.
folk & Western Secre-
taiy; Had Many Interests

-A!eXanoer Julian HeMphill, chair
man of the board of directors Of the
Guaranty Trust Company and for
many years one of the foremost linan-
GERS OF America, died carly yesterday
a. his home, l3 East oixty-r.nth Street.
Ee was taken i'll q few weeks ago with
What appeared to be an attack Of in
digestion, though it had a depressing
Greet upon the heart. A week ago he
vas able to go TO his Office again, but
then suffered relapse, which confined
him to his house over Christmas. o.
Tuesday evening he felt much oetter
snd thought Of returning to his office
IN a day or two. But at 6 o'clock yes
terday morning the end came.
The funeral will be Sunday after
noon, at l o'clock, at All Souls Uni
tsrlan Church, 1o4 East Twentieth
Street. The Rev. DR. William l.. Sui
livan will ofTiciate. Intcrment will be
at Freehold, N. j.
MIR. Hemphill was a son of William
X. and Sarah J. (McClune) Hemphill,
and was born in Philadelphia, August
KS, 1855. He took his baccalaureate
degree at the Central High School in
that city in 1875, and Immediately en-
tered the local service of the Pennsyl-
vanla Railroad as a clerk Promotions
for merit followed until in 1858 he
vas made secretary of the Norfolk &
Western Railroad, being, it was said,
the youngest man in America holding
such a place.
For twenty-five years he filled the
secretaryshlp, participating effectively
~ the great development of that road,
coming to New York in 1896, when its
general Offices were transferred here.
end returning TO Philadelphia in 1902,
Wen they were returned sto that city.
J his service made him one Of the best
known railroad men in the country
end gave him national reputation as an
executive and tinancier.
Headed Guaranty Trust Company
He was invited back to New York in
1905, to become vice president of the
guaranty Trust Company, call which
he accepted. When the president Of
that company, John w. Castle, resigned
early in 1909 to become president Of
the h;n Union Trust Company, Mr.. Hem
head, and in December fcs'owing was
elected to its presidency. He remained
in that place until 1915, when he be-
camo chairman Of the board of direc-
tors, which Office he thereafter filled
until his death.
His accession to the presidency Of
the company in 1909 was Amos, coin
cident with the acquisition Of control
oi the Guaranty Trust by II. P. Davi-
son, of J. p. Morgan & Co. The Nor
ton Trust Company and the Fifth Ave-
nue. Trust Company had already been
merged with it, and its deposits
amounted to more than s130,ooo.o0o.
Interested in Many Companies
Although his entire business career
was thus spent in the employment of
three corporations, Mr.. Hemphill had
many other interests. He was .
director of the Adams Express Com
pany. the American Surety Company,
the Audit Company of New York, the
Mechanics Trust Company Of New Jer-
sey, the California Railway and Power
Company, the Electric Bond and Share
Company, the Fidelity and Casualty
Company, the Guaranty Safe Deposit
Company, the Hastings Square Hotel
Company, the Hudson & Manhattan
Railroad Company, the New York Dock
Company, the Richmond Light and Rail-
way Company, the St. ouis-Southwest-
ern Railway Company, the Securities
Corporation, the Southern Cotton Oil
Company, the Southheld Beach Rail
road Company, the United Gas and
Electric Corporation, the United Rail-
ways Investment Company, the United
States Safe Deposit Company, the Utah
Securities Corporation, the Waller, Mon
tsna, Land and Water Company, the
Virginia. Carolina Chemical Company,
the Wachovia Bank and Trust Com
pany, the Missouri Pacific Railway, the
1nterboro Consolidated Corporation and
the Interboro Rapid Trarsi. Company.
Friendly Aid Society Officer
In addition to. these multifarious
business engagements, in not one Of
which was he a mere figurehead, Mr..
Hemphill found time and strength to
devote to other activities Of benevo-
lent rather than q money making kind.
He was vice-president Of the Friendly
Aid Society, trustee of the Society
for the Employment end Relief OF Poor
Women and chairman Of tho finance
benevolent and patriotic work Of the
World War he threw himself with much
efficient energy. He was treasurer of
the Commission for Relief in Belgium
and chairman Of the committee ap-
pointed by the President to cooperate
with that commission, and in connec-
tion with that work visited Europe in
1916.
lie was member Of the executive
committee Of the Refugees Relief Fund
and of the finance committee OF the
War Relief Clearing House for France
and Her Allies, director of the Society
for the Relief of French War Orphans,
chairman of the finance committee of
the National Security League, member
of the France American Society and
treasurer Of the Food for France Fund.
He also was notably s-tive and ef-
ticient in the canvass Tor the sale Of
Liberty bonds.
Member of Numerous Clubs
He was member Of the American
Bankers Association. the Chamber of
Commerce Of the State Of New York,
the Automobile Club Of America. the
Town, Economic, Metropolitan, Recess,
clubs, and the Pennsylvania Society OF
son, N. j., and the Rittenhouse Club, Of
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Eemphill was married April 90.
1880, to Miss Jane Cadmus, OF Phila-
delphia, who survives him. He also is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles
Boltc, Of Pelham, and three sons. Al
firm OF Hemphill e. Wells, Of this city;
Clifford Hemphill. of New York, Of The
tirm Of HemphiN, Noyes & Co.. and
Meredith Hemphill. a student at vii
liams College. The country home OF
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