Moses Brown Ives
Moses Brown Ives | |
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Born | |
Died | August 7, 1857 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | (aged 63)
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupation(s) | Merchant, banker |
Spouse |
Annie Allen Dorr
(m. 1833) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | (uncle) |
Moses Brown Ives (July 21, 1794 – August 7, 1857) was a businessman and philanthropist from
Early life
Moses Brown Ives was born in
His paternal grandparents were Sarah (née Bray) Ives and Captain Robert Hale Ives, a master-mariner who was one of the original eighteen members of the
Ives graduated from Brown University in 1812 and then attended Litchfield Law School before traveling abroad in Europe.
Career
He followed his father and became a partner in
Personal life
In 1833, Ives was married to Annie Allen Dorr (1810–1884). Annie, the daughter of Sullivan Dorr, a prosperous manufacturer and co-owner of
- Thomas Poynton Ives (1834–1865), a Captain during the
- Hope Brown Ives (1839–1909), who married Henry Grinnell Russell, one of the wealthiest men in Rhode Island.[9]
His desk-and-bookcase were made in Providence, Rhode Island at the end of the 18th Century. It was made in the Chippendale style, and mahogany is its primary wood.[10]
Ives died on August 7, 1857, and was buried in Providence's North Burial Ground. Upon his death, he created a bequest which was used to provide some of the early funding for the creation of Rhode Island Hospital in 1863.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d Cutter, William Richard (1914). New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1838. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ The Narragansett Historical Register: A Magazine Devoted to the Antiquities, Genealogy and Historical Matter Illustrating the History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ... Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. 1887. p. 69. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Wayland, Francis (1857). A Discourse in Commemoration of the Life and Character of Moses Brown Ives. Knowles, Anthony & Company, Printers.
- ^ Barnard, Henry (1858). The American Journal of Education. F.C. Brownell. p. 311. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ... Biographical Society. p. 533. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Bartlett, John Russell (1867). Memoirs of Rhode Island Officers who Were Engaged in the Service of Their Country During the Great Rebellion of the South: Illustrated with Thirty-four Portraits. S.S. Rider & brother. p. 283. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ISBN 9781422370254. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, for ...: Including All the Titled Classes. S. Low, Marston & Company. 1908. p. 490. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ Emery, William Morrell (1919). The Howland Heirs: Being the Story of a Family and a Fortune and the Inheritance of a Trust Established for Mrs. Hetty H. R. Green. E. Anthony and Sons, Incorporated. p. 254. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Desk and bookcase, RIF504". The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Rhode Island Hospital".