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Samuel Salvage


Samuel Agar Salvage (November 20, 1876 - July 10, 1946) was an English businessman, sometimes called the "father of the rayon industry in the United States."

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Biography

Salvage was born in London and emigrated to the United States in 1893 at age 17. In 1925, he became the president of The Viscose Company and was later chairman of the board.

In 1942, he was knighted (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for his contributions to the rayon industry.

Personal life

Salvage married Mary Katherine Richmond (d. 1964) and lived together at their home in Old Brookville, New York called Rynwood, which Salvage had built in 1927 by architect Roger Bullard, with gardens designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman. Together, they had three daughters:

  • Katherine H. Salvage, who married Frank L. Polk, Jr. (1911-1952), the son of Frank Polk (1871-1943) In 1962, Katherine married John C. Wilmerding (1911-1965), father of John Wilmerding (b. 1938). Wilmerding had previously been married to Lila Vanderbilt Webb (1913–1961), the daughter of James Watson Webb II and Electra Havemeyer Webb.
  • Margaret S. Salvage (1915-2010), who married James Potter Polk, another son of Frank Polk. They divorced in 1948 and in 1950 she married Charles Champe Taliaferro III (1909-2004), the son of Dr. Charles Champe Taliaferro, Jr.
  • Magdelaine S. Salvage (d. 2013), who married Silas Reed Anthony (d. 1998).

    • Salvage died July 10, 1946 at his home on Fisher's Island, New York.

    Descendants

    Salvage's grandson is Charles Taliaferro (b. 1952), the philosopher specializing in Theology and Philosophy of Religion at St. Olaf College.

    References

    Samuel Agar Salvage Wikipedia
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