James A. Roosevelt

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James Alfred Roosevelt (born June 13, 1825 in New York City , † July 15, 1898 ) was an American businessman and banker.

Career

During the Civil War , James was instrumental in organizing civil support for the Union's cause . His efforts on behalf of the United States Sanitary Commission and the Western Sanitary Commission have resulted in increased funding for humanitarian aid, particularly clothing and medical supplies for Union soldiers in the field. His correspondence with colleague James Yeatman, brother Theodore, and a friend of the family, Oliver Matthews, revealed both the growing number of requests for help as the war became increasingly bloody and cruel, and the quick and effective response that James and his family deemed appropriate in response to these requests.

At the age of 20, James joined the family business Roosevelt & Son , at that time the largest importer of flat glass in New York City, and became a business partner of his father, Cornelius . When he finally withdrew from the management in 1865, he handed it over to him and his brother Theodore. Both continued the business until 1876, when they finally converted the company into a banking house. When her father passed away in his summer residence in Oyster Bay in 1871, he left each of them over $ 3 million. In 1878 his brother Theodore died of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor .

Over the years James has held leadership positions in numerous companies: he was vice president of the Chemical National Bank (now JP Morgan Chase & Co. ), president of the Broadway Improvement Company , vice president of the Bank of Savings , board member of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company , Director of the New York Life Insurance Trust Company , Eagle Fire Company , Greenwich Insurance Company , Central and South American Telegraph Company , etc.

He was also a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Knickerbocker Club , Century Riding Club , New York Yacht Club , Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club , Hudson River Ice Yacht Club and Somerset Club, and the Boston and Downtown Association of St Nicholas Society . James also served on the Board of Park Commissioners , was director of Roosevelt Hospital, and trustee of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children .

He died during a train ride on July 15, 1898 of complications from apoplexy .

family

James was born in 1825, the second son of Margaret Barnhill (1799–1861) and Cornelius Roosevelt (1794–1871), in New York City. His older brother was Silas. But he also had four younger brothers: Cornelius junior, Robert , Theodore and William, who died at the age of one.

On December 22, 1847 he married Elizabeth Norris Emlen (born January 26, 1825), daughter of Mary Parker Norris and William Fishborne Emlen from Philadelphia ( Pennsylvania ). The couple had four children together:

  • Mary Emlen Roosevelt (born September 27, 1848 in New York - † December 19, 1885) died unmarried.
  • Cornelia Roosevelt (born February 5, 1850 in New York) changed her name to Leila Roosevelt. She was married twice. On February 21, 1870 she married Montgomery Roosevelt Schuyler (born February 18, 1845). She then got married to Edward Reeve Merritt on April 26, 1890. Both marriages remained childless.
  • Alfred Roosevelt (born April 2, 1856 in New York) was married to Katharine Lowell.
  • William Emlen Roosevelt (born April 30, 1857 in New York, † March 15, 1930) was married to Christine G. Kean.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James A. Roosevelt with picture on the Oyster Bay Historical Society website
  2. ^ McFarland, Philip: Mark Twain and the Colonel: Samuel L. Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Arrival of a New Century , Rowman & Littlefield (2014, 86)
  3. ↑ a b c d James A. Roosevelt on the Five Gateways Genealogy website
  4. ↑ Renehan, Edward J. Jr .: The Lion's Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War , Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 9780198029274 , p. 16
  5. ^ Theodore Roosevelt on the Five Gateways Genealogy website
  6. ^ A b Cook, Blanche Wiesen: Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume I, 1884-1933 , Penguin, 1993, ISBN 9781101567463 , page 35
  7. ^ Hawley, Joshua David: Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness , Yale University Press, 2008, ISBN 9780300145144 , 31
  8. ↑ Brands, 1997, p. 80
  9. ^ Members of the Metropolitan Museum of Art - May 1, 1877
  10. ↑ James A. Roosevelt Dead , The New York Times, July 16, 1898
  11. ↑ Thomas Pott on the heritech.com website
  12. ↑ James A. Roosevelt on the Ancestry.com website
personal data
SURNAME Roosevelt, James A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roosevelt, James Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businessman and banker
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1898