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Charles Carow

Charles Carow (October 4, 1825 – March 18, 1883) was an American merchant and shipowner who was the father of first lady of the United States Edith Carow Roosevelt.

Charles Carow
Born(1825-10-04)October 4, 1825
New York City, New York
DiedMarch 18, 1883(1883-03-18) (aged 57)
New York City, New York
EducationColumbia University
Occupation(s)Merchant, shipowner
Spouse
Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler
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(m. 1859)​
ChildrenEdith Kermit Carow
Parent(s)Isaac Carow
Eliza Mowatt
RelativesDaniel Tyler (father-in-law)
Theodore Roosevelt (son-in-law)

Early life

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Carow was born on October 4, 1825. He was the youngest, and only surviving, son of shipping magnate Isaac Carow and the former Eliza Mowatt. His father was a former president of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York and was an incorporator of the Bank of Commerce in New York.[1] His elder sister, Julia Carow, married English steel manufacturer Edward Fisher Sanderson,[2][3] and was the grandmother of Henry Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson.[4]

His paternal grandparents were merchant Isaac Carow and Ann (née Cooper) Carow.[5][6] His great-grandfather was Josué Quereau, a Huguenot who immigrated from France to New York before 1721.[7][8]

Career

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His father moved to New York in 1793 and, later, partnered with Robert Kermit, owner of the Red Star Line, to form a shipping line.[9] As Kermit had no children of his own, Charles and Robert developed an almost paternal relationship.[10] Carow attended Columbia College with the class of 1844 but did not graduate.[11] He was a member of the Peithologian Society.[12]

After his father's death in 1850,[13] Carow was taken into partnership with Kermit as Kermit & Carow, to carry on the business of general ship-owning, commission, and commercial trading.[14][15] After Kermit died in 1855, Carow became the owner of The West Point until 1867 that shipped cargo and passengers between Liverpool and New York.

Personal life

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Picture of his daughter, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, 1901.

On June 8, 1859, Carow was married to Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler (1836–1896) at Norwich, Connecticut. Gertrude was a daughter of Emily (née Lee) Tyler and Daniel Tyler, a Union general in the American Civil War. While residents of Manhattan, the Carows were next door neighbors of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. on East 20th Street. Together they were the parents of three children:

Carow died in New York City on March 18, 1883.[20] After a funeral at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, he was buried in the church's graveyard.[21] In 1927, his daughter Edith bought the Gen. Putnam Inn in Brooklyn, Connecticut, which was the ancestral home of the Tyler family.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "GUARANTY TRUST MARKS CENTENARY; Merged Bank of Commerce Was Founded on Jan. 1, 1839, With $5,000,000 Capital". The New York Times. January 2, 1939. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  2. ^ Wilcox, Arthur Russell (1918). The Bar of Rye Township, Westchester County, New York: An Historical and Biographical Record, 1660-1918. Knickerbocker Press. p. 117. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ Lawrence, John S. Williams, Alexander M. Supreme Court. p. 7. Retrieved 30 June 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (March 26, 1939). "BARON SANDERSON, BLIND PEER, DEAD; Won Honors at Oxford Despite Affliction and Became the Head of Ruskin College EX-LEADER IN LABOR PARTY Received Title in 1930 for His Services to Cause of Workers' Education". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ^ Commerce, New York Chamber of (1890). Portrait Gallery of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York: Catalogue and Biographical Sketches. Press of the Chamber of Commerce. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. University Microfilms. 1967. p. 498. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ Quereau Genealogy: Descendants of Josué Quereau and Judith Quantin. Stuart. 1928. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ N.Y.), French Church du Saint Esprit (New York (1968). Registers of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths of the "Eglise Françoise À la Nouvelle York,": From 1688 to 1804 (in French). Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-8063-0380-2. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  9. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J.T. White. 1898. pp. 498–499. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  10. ^ MacBean, William M. Biographical register of Saint Andrew's society of the state of New York (1922) pp. 169-170
  11. ^ University, Columbia (1897). Catalogue of Matriculants who Have Not Graduated, 1758-1897. Published for the University.
  12. ^ The Undergraduate Record: Columbia College. A Book of Statistical Information. Gillis Bros. 1881.
  13. ^ New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801–1890 (Barber Collection): New York Evening Post, September 1, 1850
  14. ^ Biography of the First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt "White House" in Washington. Accessed 16 March 2009.
  15. ^ "National First Ladies' Library - First Lady Biography: Edith Roosevelt". www.firstladies.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  16. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (3 October 1948). "FINAL TRIBUTE PAID TO MRS. ROOSEVELT; Private Rites Held in Oyster Bay for President's Widow -- Buried BesideHusband". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  17. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (1 October 1948). "MRS. T. ROOSEVELT DIES AT OYSTER BAY; Widow of 1901-09 President Had Observed 87th Birthday at Her Home on Aug. 6". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  18. ^ "MARRIED -- ROOSEVELT-CAROW". The New York Times. 4 December 1886. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  19. ^ "MISS EMILY T. CAROW DIES IN ITALY AT 73; Sister of Mrs. Roosevelt of Oyster Bay, President's Widow". The New York Times. 21 March 1939. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  20. ^ "RECENT DEATHS". Hartford Courant. 20 March 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  21. ^ "DIED". The New York Times. 18 March 1883. p. 9. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Mrs Theodore Roosevelt". The Boston Globe. 31 January 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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