Other names James Hooker Hamersley | Occupation lawyer, poet Other name James Hooker Hamersley | |
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Relatives Robert Livingston the Elder (6th-generation ancestor)Thomas Gordon (5th-generation ancestor) Died 15 September 1901, Garrison, New York, United States Parents John William Hamersley, Catherine Livingston Hooker | ||
J. Hooker Hamersley (1844-1901) was an American heir, lawyer and poet from New York City during the Gilded Age.
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Early life
James Hooker Hamersley was born in New York City on January 26, 1844, the son of Col. John William Hamersley (1808-1889) and his wife, born Catherine Livingston Hooker (1817-1867). His fifth generation ancestor, Robert Livingston the Elder, was a Scottish immigrant who was granted the Livingston Manor by royal charter. Thomas Gordon, a Scottish immigrant who became a judge in New Jersey, was his fifth-generation ancestor.
Hamersley graduated from the Columbia Law School in 1867.
Career
Hamersley was affiliated with the law office of James W. Gerard, and practiced law for ten years. He then withdrew from active practice to manage his, and his family's, property.
Hamersley published The Seven Voices, a volume of poetry, in 1898.
Personal life
Hamersley was one of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt's boyfriends. Later, he married Margaret Willing Chisolm, daughter of William Edings Chisolm (1823-1895) and his wife, née Mary Ann Rogers (1827-1913), on April 30, 1888. They had three children: Margaret Rogers Hamersley, who died in infancy, Catherine Livingston Hamersley, who married Samuel Neilson Hinckley, Henry Coleman Drayton, and Charles Whitney Carpenter, Jr.; and Louis Gordon Hamersley, who was ultimately the sole beneficiary of a trust established by Louis Carré Hamersley, first husband of Lilian Warren Price, later Duchess of Marlborough.
Death
Hamersley died on September 15, 1901 at Garrison-on-Hudson, New York. His wife died on January 5, 1904 in her home at 1030 Fifth Avenue in New York City.