Robert Bowne Minturn, Jr.

Robert Bowne Minturn, Jr. (1836–1889), was an American shipping magnate of the mid- to late 19th century.

Life

Robert Bowne Minturn was born February 21, 1836 in New York City. His father was Robert Bowne Minturn (Sr.) and mother was Anna Mary Wendell. He graduated from Columbia University in 1856, and joined his father’s shipping firm, Grinnell, Minturn & Co, which is best known as being the owners of the clipper ship Flying Cloud. He was the author of New York to Delhi: by way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and China (New York, 1858), an account of his voyage in connection with his work.

He married Sarah Susannah Shaw who was born in Massachusetts, 1839 and died in 1926. She was the sister of Robert Gould Shaw. They had at least six children:

  1. Robert Shaw Minturn was born in New York, August 1863.
  2. Sarah May Minturn was born in Staten Island, New York on September 3, 1865. On November 7, 1895 she married Henry Dwight Sedgwick III (1861–1957) of the New England Dwight family, died on January 26, 1919 and is buried in the Sedgwick Pie.[1][2]
  3. Edith Minturn was born in New York about 1868; she married Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes in 1895.[3]
  4. Gertrude Minturn was born in New York in June 1872.
  5. Mildred Minturn was born in New York in November 1875.
  6. Hugh Minturn was born in New York in September 1882.

As vice president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad that founded the town of Minturn, Colorado, he gave his name to that town. He died on December 15, 1889.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Henry Dwight Sedgwick III (1861 - 1957)". Sedgwick Genealogy North America web site. http://www.sedgwick.org/na/families/robert1613/B/4/7/4/2/B4742-sedgwick-henryd1861.html. Retrieved January 26, 2011. 
  2. ^ Sarah Mary Minturn Sedgwick at Find a Grave
  3. ^ "John Singer Sargent 1856–1925. Mr and Mrs IN Phelps Stokes 1897, Oil on canvas". Studios and portraits - Queensland Art Gallery - Gallery of Modern Art. http://qag.qld.gov.au/education/education_resources/education_kit/American_Impressionism_and_Realism_Virtual_tour/studios_and_portraits. Retrieved September 3, 2011. 
  4. ^ Robert Bowne Minturn, Jr at Find a Grave

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