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Charles Tracy Barney (January 27, 1851 – November 14, 1907) was the president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, the collapse of which shortly before Barney's death sparked the Panic of 1907.〔Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr, ''The Panic of 1907. Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm'', passim. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. ISBN 978-0-470-15263-8〕 ==Early life and marriage== Charles T. Barney was born on January 27, 1851, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Ashbel H. Barney and Susan (Tracy) Barney. His father was a successful forwarding and commission merchant.〔''Who Was Who in America'', Vol. I, p. 59. Chicago: The A.N. Marquis Company, 1943.〕 In 1857 the family moved to New York City, where Ashbel Barney was a director (1859–83), vice president (1867–69) and president (1869–70) of Wells Fargo & Company.〔Noel M. Loomis, ''Wells Fargo'', pp. 145, 197, 205, 212, 215, 254. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1968.〕 Barney attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, graduating in 1870. Following graduation he moved to New York and entered banking.〔''Who Was Who in America'', op. cit.〕 Barney married Laurinda Collins "Lily" Whitney, the sister of William Collins Whitney, the patriarch of the Whitney family.〔Bruner and Carr, p. x〕 The Barneys were the parents of two sons and two daughters:〔Family mentioned in "Mr. Barney's Career. Prominent All His Life in Finance, Art and Realty Operations", ''The New York Times'', November 15, 1907.〕 *James W. Barney (b. 1878) *Helen Tracy Barney (b. 1882) - married (1) Archibald S. Alexander; (2) Frederick N. Watriss *Katherine Barney (b. 1885) - married Courtlandt Dixon Barnes *Ashbel H. Barney II (b. 1887) Through his daughter Helen, Barney was the grandfather of Archibald S. Alexander (1906-1979), Under Secretary of the Army in the Truman Administration. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles T. Barney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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