William Rollo Royce

Beta Theta Pi. Prepared Hartford (Conn.) H. S.; A. C., 1888-90. Studied fire insurance with his father, 1890-92; special agent Commercial Union Insurance Co. of England, for Virginia and No. Carolina, 1892-93; special agent of N. Y. Underwriters Agency, N. Y. City, 1894-1902; manager Newark (N. J.) office of Hartford Fire Insurance Co., 1901-03; in Mexico, 1903; Philadelphia, Penn., 1903-05; Richmond, Va., 1905-07; Mexico, 1907-08; Syracuse, N. Y., 1908-11. D. Havana, Cuba, N. 8, 1912.

His parents are enumerated in the 1870 census of Joliet, but his birth is recorded as Plainfield; they may have just moved, as the parents were enumerated in the 1860 census in Plainfield.