| 词条 | James A. Roosevelt |
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| name = James A. Roosevelt | image = James Alfred Roosevelt.jpg | birth_name = James Alfred Roosevelt | birth_date = June 13, 1825 | birth_place = New York City, US | death_date = July 15, 1898 (aged 73) | death_place = Hyde Park, New York, US | resting_place = Green-Wood Cemetery | occupation = Businessman | employer = Roosevelt & Son | education = | parents = Cornelius Roosevelt Margaret Barnhill | spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Norris Emlen|1847|1898|reason=his death}} | children = 4, including William | relations = See Roosevelt family }}James Alfred Roosevelt (June 13, 1825 – July 15, 1898) was an American businessman and philanthropist. A member of the Roosevelt family, he was an uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.[1] Early lifeRoosevelt was born on June 13, 1825, to Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt (1794–1871) and Margaret Barnhill (1799–1861). His siblings were Silas Weir Roosevelt (1823–1870), Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, Jr., Robert Barnhill Roosevelt (1829–1906), Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831–1878), who was married to Martha "Mittie" Bulloch (1835–1884), and William Wallace Roosevelt (1834–1835).[1][2] CareerRoosevelt became a member of his father's mercantile firm, Roosevelt & Son, at the age of twenty, and eventually succeeded him as its head. He was connected with many other institutions, including as vice president of the Chemical Bank of New York; president of the Broadway Improvement Company; vice president of the Bank of Savings; member of the board of managers of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company; director of the New York Life Insurance Trust.[3] He was a trustee to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children and on the New York Board of Park Commissioners during the William Lafayette Strong Administration.[5] He was a president of Roosevelt Hospital that was founded by his distant cousin James H. Roosevelt.[1] Personal lifeOn December 22, 1847, he married Elizabeth Norris Emlen (1825–1912), the daughter of William Fishbourne Emlen (1786–1866) and Mary Parker Norris (1791–1872). Together, they had four children, including:[4]
He died on July 15, 1898 near Mineola, New York while riding a train on his way home to Oyster Bay, New York.[9] DescendantsThrough his son, Alfred, he was the grandfather of Elfrida Roosevelt, who married Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet, and was the mother of Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet.[10] References1. ^{{cite web|title=POTTS FAMILY SHORT STORY|url=http://www.heritech.com/soil/genealogy/potts/shorthist.htm|publisher=heritech.com|accessdate=22 October 2013}} 2. ^[https://books.google.ca/books?id=3-78JbUTUewC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=james+roosevelt+june+1825&source=bl&ots=gbFb8NYXPr&sig=saeVPramySppxaWzjrDWb1-w07E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhiJO95NLdAhUDCTQIHfJyAKY4ChDoATAAegQIARAB#v=onepage&q=james%20roosevelt%20june%201825&f=false The Prominent Families of the United States of America] 3. ^{{cite web|title=James A Roosevelt Papers|url=http://www.oysterbayhistorical.org/james-a-roosevelt-papers.html|website=Oyster Bay Historical Society|accessdate=16 April 2017}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Jordan|first1=John W.|title=Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania|date=2004|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=9780806352398|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=arAfWBsvO1gC&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=Mary+Emlen+Roosevelt+(1848%E2%80%931885)&source=bl&ots=BtH4y5QVMO&sig=mY9G_Y5HEwIrFJr_i4fzNa79CC4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiszL-gpqnTAhXJy4MKHbn9BE0Q6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&q=Mary%20Emlen%20Roosevelt%20(1848%E2%80%931885)&f=false|accessdate=16 April 2017|language=en}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=TO EXPLORE BY CAR.; Woman Relative of Roosevelts Plans Trip Through Asia.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/02/18/archives/to-explore-by-car-woman-relative-of-roosevelts-plans-trip-through.html|accessdate=16 April 2017|work=The New York Times|date=18 February 1933}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|title=MRS. REEVE-MERRITT DIES AT OYSTER BAY; Widow of New York Banker, She Was Cousin of Former President Roosevelt.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/09/19/archives/mrs-reevemerritt-dies-at-oyster-bay-widow-of-new-york-banker-she.html|accessdate=16 April 2017|work=The New York Times|date=19 September 1934}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=TR Center - Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Reeve Merritt|url=http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Research/Digital-Library/Record/?libID=o187256|website=www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org|accessdate=16 April 2017|language=en|date=1 February 1904}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leila Merritt {{!}} Connecting Presidential Collections|url=http://presidentialcollections.org/catalog/trc_o181632|website=presidentialcollections.org|accessdate=16 April 2017|language=en}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=JAMES A. ROOSEVELT DEAD; He Expires Suddenly on a Train of the Long Island Railroad. WAS A VICTIM OF APOPLEXY His Nephew Is Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the Rough Riders -- His Long and Prominent Career in This City.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1898/07/16/archives/james-a-roosevelt-dead-he-expires-suddenly-on-a-train-of-the-long.html|accessdate=16 April 2017|work=The New York Times|date=16 July 1898}} 10. ^{{cite news| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/07/28/102118494.pdf | work=The New York Times | title=WILL OF JAMES A. ROOSEVELT.; Mrs. Roosevelt Receives Half of the Real Estate, Besides Other Property. Trust Funds for Heirs | date=July 28, 1898}} Sources
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