Hamilton McKown Twombly
| Hamilton McKown Twombly | |
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| Born |
August 11, 1849 Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
| Died |
January 11, 1910 (aged 60) Madison, New Jersey |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (m. 1877; his death 1910) |
| Children |
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Hamilton McKown Twombly (August 11, 1849 - January 11, 1910) was an American businessman.
Biography
He was born on August 11, 1849 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts and grew up in Boston. He graduated from Harvard University in 1871.
He married Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (1854–1952) in 1877. They had four children: Alice Twombly (1879–1896); Florence Adele Twombly (1881–1969) (married William A. M. Burden); Ruth Twombly (1884-1954); and Hamilton McKown Twombly, Jr. (1887-1906). In spring and fall, they resided at Florham (a combination of "Florence" and "Hamilton") in Florham Park, New Jersey; it is now "Florham Campus" a building of Fairleigh Dickinson University.[1][2][3] They summered at Vinland Estate in Newport, Rhode Island and they wintered at 684 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
He worked as a financial advisor to William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885), President of the New York Central Railroad. He sat on the Boards of Directors of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the New Jersey Shore Line Railroad. He also sat on the Boards of Trustees of the Guarantee Trust Company and the Mutual Life Insurance Company.
He died on January 11, 1910 in Madison, New Jersey.[4] His funeral took place at Saint Thomas Church in New York, with a sermon by David H. Greer (1844–1919).[1] Banker J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) was one of the pallbearers.[1] He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.[1]
Memberships
He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, the Tuxedo Club, the Union Club of the City of New York, the City Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Transportation Club, Turf and Field and the Somerset Club of Boston.
References
- 1 2 3 4 H. McK. Twombly's Funeral., The New York Times, January 16, 2010
- ↑ Southern Methodist University: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection: Florence Vanderbilt and Hamilton McKown Twombly's Florham estate, Madison, NJ
- ↑ Farleigh Dickinson University: Florham Campus: History of the Estate
- ↑ "H. McK. Twombly Dying. Might Not Live Till Daybreak, It Was Said at His Home Last Night". New York Times. December 25, 1909.