Gardiner Greene Howland
Gardiner Greene Howland | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 4, 1787 |
| Died | November 9, 1851 (aged 64) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery |
| Organization(s) | Howland & Aspinwall Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
| Spouses | Louisa Edgar
(m. 1812; died 1826)Louisa Sophia Meredith
(m. 1829) |
| Relatives | Samuel Shaw Howland (brother) Joseph Howland (nephew) William Henry Aspinwall (nephew) |
Gardiner Greene Howland (September 4, 1787 – November 9, 1851) was a prominent American businessman who was a founding partner in the merchant firm of Howland & Aspinwall and a co-founder of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
Early life
Howland was born on September 4, 1787, in New York City. He was a son of Joseph Howland (1750–1836) and Lydia (
His paternal grandparents were Abigail (née Burt) Howland and Nathaniel Howland,
Career
Howland and his brother Samuel found the merchant firm of
In 1845, while the firm owned the Ann McKim which was regarded as the fastest ship afloat, it built the Rainbow, which was even faster. The Rainbow was the high-tech racehorse of its day, and is considered to be the first of the extreme clippers. Instead of the bluff bow that was customary on ships up until that time, the Rainbow had a sharp bow, prompting on-lookers to joke that maybe she would sail better backwards. The next year, Howland & Aspinwall had the Sea Witch built, which set a speed record from China to New York which still stands.[10] The firm and its profits made the Howlands and Aspinwalls very wealthy,[11]
In 1840s, Aspinwall's younger brother John Lloyd Aspinwall succeeded William Henry Aspinwall as president of Howland & Aspinwall.
Personal life
Howland was twice married. His first marriage was to Louisa Edgar (1789–1826) on December 14, 1812. Louisa was the daughter of William Edgar. Together, they were the parents of five children, including:[16]
- William Edgar Howland (1813–1885), who married Ann Walter Cogswell.[17] After her death, he married Hortense La Periene.[16]
- Annabella Edgar Howland (1816–1899), who married Rufus Leavitt (1794–1867).[16]
- Abby Woolsey Howland (1817–1851), who married Frederick Henry Wolcott Sr. in 1838.[16]
- Robert Shaw Howland (1820–1887), who founded Church of the Heavenly Rest in 1865 on New York's Upper East Side and was married to Mary Elizabeth Watts Woolsey, a sister of Eliza Newton Woolsey (the wife of his cousin Joseph Howland).[16]
- Marie Louisa Howland (b. 1823), who married James Brown (1823–1847).[16]
After the death of his first wife in 1826, he remarried to Louisa Sophia Meredith (1810–1888) on July 7, 1829. She was the daughter of Jonathan Meredith. They were the parents of:
- Rebecca Brien Howland (1831–1876), who married her second cousin James Roosevelt Sr. in 1853. After Rebecca's death, James married Sara Ann Delano and became the father of Franklin D. Roosevelt.[18]
- Meredith Howland (1833–1912),[19] who married Adelaide Torrance,[20] the daughter of Daniel Torrance and Sophia Johnson (née Vanderbilt) Torrance.[21]
- Gardiner Greene Howland Jr. (1834–1903), who married Mary Grafton Dulany in 1856 and was the general manager of the New York Herald.[1]
- Joanna Hone Howland (b. 1842), who married Irving Grinnel (b. 1840).[22]
- Emma Meredith Howland (1847–1849), who died in infancy.
- Samuel Shaw Howland (1849–1925), who married Fredericka Belmont, daughter of August Belmont.[23]
Howland died on November 9, 1851, and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Descendants
Through his daughter Rebecca, he was a grandfather of
See also
References
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