J. Hooker Hamersley

J. Hooker Hamersley
Born January 26, 1844
New York City, U.S.
Died September 15, 1901(1901-09-15) (aged 57)
Garrison, New York, U.S.
Other names James Hooker Hamersley
Alma mater Columbia Law School
Occupation lawyer, poet
Parent(s) John William Hamersley
Catherine Livingston Hooker
Relatives Robert Livingston the Elder (6th-generation ancestor)
Thomas Gordon (5th-generation ancestor)

J. Hooker Hamersley (1844-1901) was an American heir, lawyer and poet from New York City during the Gilded Age.

Early life

James Hooker Hamersley was born in New York City on January 26, 1844, the son of Col. John William Hamersley (1808-1889) and his wife, born Catherine Livingston Hooker (1817-1867).[1][2] His fifth generation ancestor, Robert Livingston the Elder, was a Scottish immigrant who was granted the Livingston Manor by royal charter.[1] Thomas Gordon, a Scottish immigrant who became a judge in New Jersey, was his fifth-generation ancestor.[1]

Hamersley graduated from the Columbia Law School in 1867.[1]

Career

Hamersley was affiliated with the law office of James W. Gerard, and practiced law for ten years.[1] He then withdrew from active practice to manage his, and his family's, property.[1]

Hamersley published The Seven Voices, a volume of poetry, in 1898.[2][3]

Personal life

Hamersley was one of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt's boyfriends.[4] Later, he married Margaret Willing Chisolm, daughter of William Edings Chisolm (1823-1895) and his wife, née Mary Ann Rogers (1827-1913), on April 30, 1888. They had three children: Margaret Rogers Hamersley, who died in infancy, Catherine Livingston Hamersley, who married Samuel Neilson Hinckley, Henry Coleman Drayton, and Charles Whitney Carpenter, Jr.; and Louis Gordon Hamersley, who was ultimately the sole beneficiary of a trust established by Louis Carré Hamersley, first husband of Lilian Warren Price, later Duchess of Marlborough.[5]

Death

Hamersley died on September 15, 1901 at Garrison-on-Hudson, New York.[6][2] His wife died on January 5, 1904 in her home at 1030 Fifth Avenue in New York City.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hall, Henry (1895), America’s Successful Men of Affairs: The City of New York, 1, The New York Tribune, pp. 293–4
  2. 1 2 3 "The seven voices by Hamersley, J. Hooker (James Hooker), 1844-1901". Internet Archive. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ↑ The Seven Voices: PDF
  4. ↑ "J. Hooker Hamersley". Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "L. G. Hamersley, 49, Heir to $7,000,000", The New York Times, 3 June 1942
  6. ↑ "Died", The New York Times, 19 September 1901
  7. ↑ "Mrs. J. H. Hamersley Dead", The New York Times, 6 January 1904
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