Person Information

Biography

He married Sarah Cooke in 1833, which made him the brother-in-law of Henry and Jay Cooke. He was president of the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad company.

Letter References

Letter from Anna Wharton Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, December 29, 1872

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He married Sarah Cooke in 1833, which made him the brother-in-law of Henry and Jay Cooke. He was president of the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad company.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136343411 Source Information Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2010. From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records.".
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