James Wendell Southard

James Wendell Southard was an American businessman.

Early life

Southard was born on July 16, 1895, in Toledo, Ohio. He was the son of James William Southard and Laura Southard, both of Ohio.

Southard served as president of the Old Masters Paper and Pulp Corporation. He was also associated with the Erie Steel Corporation of New York.

Southard married Felicitas Aletta Mechthild von Schoeller, a daughter of Austrian steel man, Ritter Richard von Schoeller and Emmi Frederika Siedenburg. Before his untimely death, they were the parents of:

Sylvia Southard, who married John Meyer Tiedtke, a son of Ernest Tiedtke of the Ohio grocery and department store Tiedtke's.

Southard died on August 22, 1927, at Hirschwang, near Vienna, Austria. His body was returned to the United States and he was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Morenci, Michigan. After his death, his widow married Prince Alfred of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst on January 29, 1934. Prince Alfred's youngest sister, Princess Franziska, was the wife of Archduke Maximilian of Austria.