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William S. Herriman

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Family background
Children
Death
References

William S. Herriman (24 October 1791 – 6 April 1867)^[1] was a wealthy businessman who became President of Long Island Bank, the first bank in Brooklyn, New York.^[1] He remained in that position until his death when he was replaced by William C. Fowler.^[2]

Family background

Herriman was born 1791 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, and was the third of four known surviving children. He had a brother and three sisters. His father was Stephen Herriman (formerly Harriman) III (1757-1792). His mother was Elizabeth Smith (1760-1847). William married Maria Belle Stillwell Frecke/Freeke on 13 December 1820.^[3]

Children

Herriman had five children. His second child, Caroline Herriman Polhemus (died 1906), the wife of Henry Ditmas Polhemus, founded the Polhemus Memorial Clinic, the first "skyscraper hospital", in honour of her late husband, who had served as the Regent of Long Island College Hospital (LICH) from 1872 until his death in 1895, and donated $400,000 to LICH for this work. She also founded the Herriman Home in Monsey, Rockland County.^[4]

His third child, William H. Herriman (1829-1918), became a noted art collector and gave a large number of paintings to the Brooklyn Museum on his death.

Death

William S. Herriman is buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, along with fifteen other people named Herriman between 1848 and 1939.^[5]

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Stiles, Henry R.|title=A History of the City of Brooklyn, Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh. Volume II|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofcityofb02stil#page/n229/mode/2up|publisher=|place=Brooklyn|date=1869|isbn=978-0-7884-4164-6|pages=211–4}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=The Bankers' Magazine and Statistical Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3w4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA638|volume=21|page=638|year=1867}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|title=William S. Herriman|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107981275|website=Find-a-grave|accessdate=7 July 2014}}
4. ^"Obituary. Elizabeth W. Herriman" in The Daily Standard Union, Brooklyn edition, 6 May 1910, p. 14. Archives of The Brooklyn NY Standard Union, fultonhistory.com Retrieved 14 July 2014.
5. ^Burial search Green-Wood Cemetery, 14 July 2014.

5 : 1791 births|1867 deaths|People from Jamaica, Queens|American bank presidents|History of Brooklyn

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