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Samuel Reading Bertron, Sr. (February 26, 1865 - June 30, 1938) was a banker.〔 ==Biography== Samuel Reading Bertron, Jr. was born on February 26, 1865 in Port Gibson, Mississippi. His father was Philadelphia born and Princeton educated Presbyterian minister, Samuel Reading Bertron (1806-1878) and his mother was German immigrant, Ottilie Mueler (1830-1903). Rev. S.R. Berton moved to Port Gibson, MS in 1835 where he preached in a variety of churches and institutions. The senior Bertron had three wives and 5 children. Sadly and very illogically, he also had slaves. (My mother (Carolyn Fontaine Fahnestock Stabler) once said that Rev. Bertron was a "good" (?) slave owner as he put glass in the windows of the huts and taught his slaves to read and write. I am fully aware that there is no such thing as a 'good' slave owner. This information cannot be confirmed on the internet.) Rev. Bertron's wives were Caroline Christie (25, 1818 – April 13, 1839 ), Catherine Mcrane Barnes (1849 ), and Ottilie Mueller (), a German immigrant. The first two wives died in childbirth. Bertron Jr. had three sisters and a brother. Rev. Bertron's five children from the three wives were: Mary, Clara, Annie, Francis, and Samuel Reading Bertron, Jr. Samuel Reading Bertron, Jr. was the only child of Rev. Bertron and his third wife, whom he married in 1857. Rev. Bertron died in the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. Samuel Reading Bertron, Jr. was educated at Yale University. While at Yale, Bertron was a member of Skull and Bones, according to several easily found book sources. According to family stories, Bertron's education was paid for by the McIlhenny family/company on the proviso he return to Port Gibson after his graduation in 1885 and work for them (family informant). According to the Quarter-centenary Record of the Class of 1885, of Yale University, Bertron did return to Port Gibson on graduating. He sat for the Mississippi bar in 1886. Bertron Jr.'s rise in business was meteoric. He was transferred to the East Coast Branch of the Equitable Mortgage Company in Boston in 1889. He was then transferred to the New York City office in 1892. There he sat for the New York State Bar exam. However, Bertron gave up his law practice in and left Equitable in 1894 to work for an investment company. In time, the company became his. Bertron met his wife, Caroline Maury Harding, in Port Gibson. They were married in 1888. Their one child, a daughter, Elizabeth Maury Bertron, married Snowden Andrews Fahnestock in 1910. She was his first wife. Two more followed after her. While in New York, Bertron was active as a part-time diplomat. In 1912, he helped peace negotiations between Italy and Turkey. In 1917, he was appointed to join the Root commission to Russia, led by Elihu Root. He appeared before the Federal electric railways commission. He died on June 30, 1938 in Cove Neck, New York. 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「Samuel Reading Bertron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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