Anthony Joseph Drexel I
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Anthony Joseph Drexel I (September 13, 1826 – June 30, 1893) was a financier, banker, partner of J.P. Morgan and founder of Drexel University.
Birth
He was born in 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Francis Martin Drexel (1792-1863) and Catherine Hookey (1795-?). He had the following siblings: Francis Anthony Drexel who was the father of Saint Katharine Drexel; and Joseph William Drexel.Marriage and children
He married Ellen B. Rozet and had the following children: Emily Drexel (1850-1883) who married Edward Biddle III (1851-?); Fannie D. Drexel (1855-?); Mae Drexel (1859-?); John Rozet Drexel (1863-1935) who married Alice Gordon Troth (1865-1947); Anthony Joseph Drexel II (1865-?); and George William Childs Drexel who married Mary Stretch Irick (1868-1948).Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr, son of Anthony II, married Marjorie Gould (1891-1955) of the Gould family. He served as the American Ambassador to Poland between 1937 and 1939.
Death
He died on June 30, 1893 in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic at the age of 66 and was buried in The Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia.See also
References
- Dan Rottenberg, The Man Who Made Wall Street
External links
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