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James Boorman Colgate

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Birth Date:
04.03.1818
Death date:
07.02.1904
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James Boorman Colgate (March 4, 1818 – February 7, 1904), son of William Colgate and Mary Gilbert, was an American financier.

Biography

He was born in New York City and received his first training in the house of Boorman, Johnston, and Company. In 1852, he formed a partnership with John Bond Trevor and opened the banking house of Trevor and Colgate; this company dealt in stocks, securities and precious metals and regulated a large portion of the gold and paper exchange during the Civil War. He was one of the founders of the New York Gold Exchange and was for several years its president. In 1873, the firm changed its name to J. B. Colgate and Company. His extensive loans to the federal government during the financial crisis of 1873contributed materially to the reestablishment of confidence both in the United States and the markets of Europe. As trustee of Colgate (formerly Madison) University, he for 30 years made almost annual donations to that institution, the development of which is due chiefly to his constant care and valuable advice. See: New International Encyclopedia.

Colgate is also the namesake for the town of Colgate, a small unincorporated community in Steele County, North Dakotafounded in 1882. Colgate was the county's largest landowner, with 5,000 acres (20 km2) that he purchased from the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1880.

Personal life

In 1844, Mr. Colgate married S. Ellen Hoyt of Utica, N.Y., by whom he had one son, William Hoyt Colgate. Ellen Colgate died in 1846 and on February 19, 1851 he remarried to Susan Farnum Colby, daughter of Gov. Anthony Colby and Mary Messinger Everett of New London, N.H. His children by the second marriage were Mary (1857-1936) and James Colby Colgate (1863-1944).

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1William ColgateWilliam ColgateFather25.01.178325.03.1857
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        Mary GilbertMother
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        William Hoyt ColgateSon
        4Samuel ColgateSamuel ColgateBrother00.00.182200.00.1897
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        Robert ColgateBrother00.00.181200.00.1885
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        Susan Farnum ColbyWife
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        S. Ellen HoytWife00.00.1846
        8Austen ColgateAusten ColgateNephew12.08.186305.09.1927
        9Gilbert ColgateGilbert ColgateNephew15.12.185805.01.1933
        10Samuel  Colgate Jr.Samuel Colgate Jr.Nephew12.12.186816.07.1902
        11Anthony ColbyAnthony ColbyFather in-law13.11.179220.07.1873
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        Mary Messinger EverettMother in-law
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        Mary EverettSister in-law00.00.185700.00.1936
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        James Colby ColgateBrother in-law00.00.186300.00.1944
        15
        Robert ColgateGrandfather00.00.175800.00.1826
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        Sarah ColgateGrandmother

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