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Samuel Colgate

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Birth Date:
00.00.1822
Death date:
00.00.1897
Categories:
Businessman, Philanthropist
Nationality:
 american
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Samuel Colgate (1822–1897), son of William Colgate, was an American manufacturer and philanthropist, born in New York City.

He became widely known as a soap maker, and the manufactory he built in Jersey City developed into one of the largest establishments of its kind in the world. He was also prominent in philanthropic work. For more than 30 years he was trustee of Colgate University, and for many years he was president of the New York Baptist Education Society, president of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, and a member of the executive committee of the American Baptist Missionary Union and of the American Tract Society. One of his most noteworthy achievements was the collection of 30,000 volumes of reports (now in the Colgate University Library), comprising the documentary records of the Baptist denomination.

Colgate University

Conjointly with his brother, James Boorman Colgate, he gave large sums to Colgate University, which in 1890 was named in honor of the Colgate family. His son, Samuel Colgate, Jr. became the first head football coach at the school.

  • Samuel Colgate was ranked to manager of Colgate soap and perfumes® after the death of his father, William Colgate, owner of the company. later, Samuel Colgate renamed the company " Colgate and CO."

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1William ColgateWilliam ColgateFather25.01.178325.03.1857
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        Mary GilbertMother
        3Austen ColgateAusten ColgateSon12.08.186305.09.1927
        4Gilbert ColgateGilbert ColgateSon15.12.185805.01.1933
        5Samuel  Colgate Jr.Samuel Colgate Jr.Son12.12.186816.07.1902
        6
        Robert ColgateBrother00.00.181200.00.1885
        7James Boorman ColgateJames Boorman ColgateBrother04.03.181807.02.1904
        8
        William Hoyt ColgateNephew
        9
        Florance Buckingham Hall ColgateDaughter in-law05.09.186424.02.1920
        10
        Susan Farnum ColbySister in-law
        11
        S. Ellen HoytSister in-law00.00.1846
        12
        Robert ColgateGrandfather00.00.175800.00.1826
        13
        Sarah ColgateGrandmother
        14Robert Baugs ColgateRobert Baugs ColgateGrandson16.06.190211.06.1973
        15
        Stanle Elizabeth MorseGranddaughter05.11.188930.04.1962
        16
        Grace Hall Colgate RumboughGranddaughter23.11.189625.02.1985
        17Stanley Maddox Rumbough Jr.Stanley Maddox Rumbough Jr.Great grandson25.04.192028.09.2017
        18
        Elizabeth Rumbough Van NordenGreat granddaughter07.09.191221.11.1999

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