John Ellis Roosevelt

John Ellis Roosevelt (February 25, 1853 - March 9, 1939) was a lawyer and the president of the Elkhorn Valley Coal Land Company and secretary of the Broadway Improvement Company.[1][2] He owned the John Ellis Roosevelt Estate.

Biography

He was born on February 25, 1853 to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt and Elizabeth Ellis. He had a brother, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, Jr. (1866-1929).[3]

On February 19, 1879 he married Nannie Mitchell Vance (1860-1913) in Manhattan and they had two children, Gladys Roosevelt (1889-1926) who married Fairman Rogers Dick (1885-1976) and Jean Schemerhorn Roosevelt (1891-1984).[4]

His wife died on September 26, 1912 of typhoid.[2]

In 1916 he married Edith Hammersley (1884-1943) and then tried to have the marriage annulled.[5]

In 1926 his daughter, Gladys Roosevelt (1889-1926) was killed in a horse riding accident at the Meadow Brook Hunt Club.[6]

He died on March 9, 1939 in Delray Beach, Florida.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "John E. Roosevelt, A Retired Lawyer. Cousin of Theodore Roosevelt Dies in Florida at 86". New York Times. March 10, 1939. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  2. 1 2 "Mrs. John E. Roosevelt". New York Times. September 27, 1912. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  3. ↑ "R. B. Roosevelt Jr. Dies At Age Of 63; Cousin of Late President Is Victim of Heart Disease on Sayville Estate. Naval Officer In The War. Commanded a Station on Long Island. Devoted Recent Years to Management of His Property". New York Times. September 10, 1929. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  4. ↑ "Miss Gladys Roosevelt's Wedding". New York Times. November 8, 1913. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  5. ↑ "J. Roosevelt Weeps In Accusing Wife. Elderly Cousin of the Colonel Says His Bride Spurned His Efforts to Win Her. 'I've Been an Ass,' Husband Tells Court in Testifying in His Annulment Suit". New York Times. February 15, 1916. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
  6. ↑ "Mrs. F.R. Dick Dies In Hunting Accident". New York Times. November 23, 1926. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
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