Occupation Businessman Parent(s) | Name Hamilton Twombly | |
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Children Alice TwomblyFlorence Adele TwomblyRuth TwomblyHamilton McKown Twombly, Jr. Spouse Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly | ||
Hamilton McKown Twombly (August 11, 1849 – January 11, 1910) was an American businessman.
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Early life
He was born on August 11, 1849 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts and grew up in Boston. He was the son of Alexander Hamilton Twombly (1804–1870) and Caroline (née McKown) Twombly (1821–1881). His siblings included Alexander Stevenson Twombly (1832–1907), Alice W. Twombly Jones (1848–1906), and Almina E. Twombly Sheldon (1851–1875).
He graduated from Harvard University in 1871.
Career
Twombly worked as a financial advisor to William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885), President of the New York Central Railroad. He sat on the Boards of Directors of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the New Jersey Shore Line Railroad. He also sat on the Boards of Trustees of the Guarantee Trust Company and the Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Society life
In spring and fall, they resided at Florham (a combination of "Florence" and "Hamilton") in Florham Park, New Jersey; it is now "Florham Campus" a building of Fairleigh Dickinson University. They summered at Vinland Estate in Newport, Rhode Island and they wintered at 684 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, the Tuxedo Club, the Union Club of the City of New York, the City Club, the New York Yacht Club, the Transportation Club, Turf and Field and the Somerset Club of Boston.
Personal life
In 1877, he married Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (1854–1952), daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam. They had four children:
Hamilton Sr. died on January 11, 1910 in Madison, New Jersey, after an extended illness. According to an obituary, from "cancer and a broken heart" over the death of his son. His funeral took place at Saint Thomas Church in New York, with a sermon by David H. Greer (1844–1919) and with banker J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) was one of the pallbearers. He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx. He left the majority of his estate to his wife.