Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin | |
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Born | February 24, 1811 |
Died | September 13, 1900 89) | (aged
Spouse | Lucretia Hazard (m. 1835;died 1899) |
Children | 3 |
Samuel Bradhurst Schieffelin (February 24, 1811 – September 13, 1900), was an American businessman and author. [1]
Schieffelin was born on February 24, 1811, in New York City. He was the son of Henry Hamilton Schieffelin (1783–1865), named in honor of Governor Henry Hamilton for whom his father Jacob, who was a Loyalist who served as secretary for during the American Revolutionary War, [2] and Maria Theresa Bradhurst (1786–1872), [3] who married in 1806. [4] Among his siblings was brother Bradhurst Schieffelin (1824–1909), who entered politics and supported the People's Party. [5]
His paternal grandparents were Jacob Schieffelin (1757–1835) and Hannah (nee Lawrence) Schieffelin (1758–1838), she a descendant of Elizabeth Fones and Quaker religious freedom pioneer John Bowne. [3] His maternal grandfather was Dr. Samuel Bradhurst (d. 1872) [4] The Schieffelin family was one of the oldest families in Manhattan. [6] [7]
He was educated in private schools, and early turned his attention to business, but contributed largely to the religious press. [5] After his father retired from business in 1849, he and his brothers managed the family drug company that their father had founded, Schieffelin Brothers & Co., where Samuel was the president, until 1865, when his son, William, succeeded him. [1]
Following his own retirement, he focused on his literature, writing The Foundations of History and other books, most of which were religious. [1]
In 1835, Schieffelin was married to Lucretia Hazard (1816–1899). [4] Together, they were the parents of three children: [8]
Schieffelin died at his home, 938 Madison Avenue, [1] on September 13, 1900, in New York. [9]
Through his son William, he was the grandfather of Eleanor Jay Schiefflin (1864–1929), [10] who married Theodore Munger Taft (1865–1945), [11] and Dr. William Jay Schieffelin (1866–1955), [12] who married Maria Louise Shepard (1870–1948), [13] the daughter of Elliot Fitch Shepard and Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt, and granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. [13] [4]
Through his daughter Alice, he was the grandfather of Grace Stebbins (1860–1908), [6] who married Alfred Clark Chapin (1848–1936), former Mayor of Brooklyn, [14] Samuel Schieffelin Stebbins (1872–1912), a stockbroker, [15] and Russell Hazard Schieffelin (1874–1892). [4] [16] The Chapin's daughter, Samuel's great-granddaughter, Grace Chapin (1885–1960), [17] was married to Hamilton Fish III (1888–1991), member of the U.S. House of Representatives. [18]
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