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Birth:          8 May 1951 Fall River, Mass.
Death:          12 Mar 2007 Woolrich, Clinton Co., Pa.

Notes
!PUBL
Phila Inquirer 26 Mar 1993
of Louisville, Kentucky
pub rec on ancestry
ssn 179 36 4523 issued in Pa in 1962
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - March 16, 2007
Deceased Name: Roswell Brayton Jr.
Woolrich executive, 55 

Roswell Brayton Jr., 55, the president and CEO of Woolrich Inc. who guided the 
clothing company into new retail areas such as outdoors products, home furnishings 
and even bottled water, died Monday. 

He collapsed at company headquarters in Woolrich, in central Pennsylvania, and was 
rushed to Jersey Shore Hospital but could not be revived, company marketing director 
Tim Joseph said Tuesday in a statement. 

Mr. Brayton, a majority owner of the privately held company, was a sixth-generation 
member of the Rich family, which founded the company in 1830. He grew up in 
Woolrich and joined the company in 1977, becoming president in 1996 and CEO the 
following year. 

An article about Robert F Rich suggests that his son Roswell Brayton was married to a 
woman surnamed Rich; they would be the parents of Roswell Jr
trees on awt have him married to "Living Hallow" ??
And I find a longer obit at www.nationaltextile.org/people/brayton_roswell_jr, giving 
his wife's name as Sally. Second marriage? Why does Hope H Roswell show up in pub 
rec on ancestry at same address, that correlates with her father's obit. She and 
Roswell show up at same address in Louisville in 1980
Aha, also showing up with him in Williamsport is Sally Hallow Brayton, b 3 Aug 1957. 
So ... who is the mother of his children?
Here is the obit from nationaltextile.org
Roswell Brayton Jr. 
May 8, 1951-March 12, 2007
President & CEO Woolrich, Inc. 
Roswell Brayton, Jr. was born May 8, 1951 in Fall River, Massachusetts. He moved to 
Woolrich, PA with his family in 1953 and attended the Woolrich Elementary School 
and Lock Haven Junior High School. He was a graduate of Milton Academy in Milton, 
Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1973. 

After graduation from college, he signed a professional baseball contract with the 
Boston Red Sox. He spent four years playing professional baseball before beginning 
his career with Woolrich in May of 1977. 

Roswell was a sales representative for Woolrich covering Kentucky and Indiana from 
1978 through 1982. In 1983, he returned to Woolrich to assume responsibilities in the 
Accounting and Finance department. 

From 1982 to 1996, Mr. Brayton held various positions within the company, including 
Treasurer and Vice President of Finance. He was named president in 1996 and CEO in 
1997. 

As president and CEO, Roz guided a staff of seven vice presidents in management of 
all divisions of the company, including wholesale, direct-to-consumer, licensing, 
international, operations, woolen mill and finance. Roz led Woolrich through some of 
the most dramatic changes in the company’s history. During his tenure, Woolrich 
expanded both international and domestic licensing, and launched new businesses in 
mail order consumer catalogs, ecommerce, Woolrich home furnishings and bottled 
water. He presided over the company’s 175th anniversary celebration in 2005. 

Roswell was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church in Williamsport, on the Board of 
the Williamsport Municipal Authority, and was a member of the Williamsport Country 
Club, the Ross Club and Acoaxet Club in Westport, MA. He also served as the director 
(1996-2002) of the Northern (National) Textile Association. 

He was a devoted loving husband and father. 

Roz resided with his wife, Sally, and son Matthew in Williamsport. He is survived by 
six grown sons and daughters: Nick, State College, PA; Audrey, Keene, NH; Scott, 
New York, NY; Valerie, Washington, DC; Alex, Nashville, TN; and Julie, Louisville, 
KY. He is also survived by two sisters, Charlotte Underwood and Anne Snyder of 
Westport, MA. 

Services will be held at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 844 West Fourth Street in 
Williamsport, PA at 7:00 Thursday evening March 15. A graveside service will be held 
Saturday, March 17 at 11:00 in the morning at the family gravesite in Fall River, MA. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Brayton Family Scholarship Fund at 
Lycoming College, 700 College Place, Williamsport, PA 17701 or the St. Jude 
Children’s Hospital 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905. 

Arrangements are being handled by the Maneval Funeral Home, “A Life Celebration 
Home” 500 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. 


Parents
BRAYTON Roswell ()
RICH Catharine Anne ()

Siblings
BRAYTON Roswell (8 May 1951 - 12 Mar 2007)

Marriage To PRICE Hope Huston ()

Notes

Parents
PRICE William Olmstead (26 Jan 1917 - BEF 1993)
HUSTON Esther Malcolm (27 May 1921 - 24 Mar 1993)

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