Biography:

Steel executive. Born– March 14, 1897, Instanter, Pennsylvania. Parents–Amos Watson Colcord and Eva Bradford Colcord. Married–Elizabeth Peterson Philips, December 29, 1923.  Education–University of Michigan, 1921.  US Navy, WWI. Work as superintendent, Crucible Steel,, 1926-30; St. Louis Gas and Coke, 1930-33. Came to Birmingham in 1933 to work as superintendent of the blast furnaces of the Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company; from 1935 to 1937 he worked on the same job for the Woodward Iron Company; worked in Pennsylvania, 1936-48; President of Woodward Iron Company, 1948-57. Active in Birmingham civic affairs; a director of the Community Chest, the Committee of 100, and the Birmingham Civic Symphony. Member of professional organizations including the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Ordnance Association. Member Mayflower Society. the Newcomen Society, and the Alabama Historical Society.  Died August 16, 1953.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online; ancestry.com

Publication(s):

The History of Pig Iron Manufacture in Alabama. Woodward, Ala.; Woodward Iron Company, 1950.