John L. Severance
Born: May 8, 1863
Died: January 16, 1936
Married: Elizabeth Dewitt Severance
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John Louis Severance was a Cleveland industrialist and philanthropist who founded and directed a number of different companies in that city. His wife bought Deer Park in 1920 at the north end of Upper Saranac Lake; it later became the home of Deerwood Music Camp.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: John L. Severance
