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EspañolANTHONY JOSEPH DREXEL I
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'Anthony Joseph Drexel I' (September 13, 1826 – June 30, 1893) was an American financier, banker, partner of J.P. Morgan and founder of Drexel University.
He was born in 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Francis Martin Drexel (1792-1863) and Catherine Hookey (1795-1870). He was the brother of Francis Anthony Drexel, who was the father of Saint Katharine Drexel, and Joseph William Drexel.
He married Ellen B. Rozet (1832-1981) and had the following children: Emilie Drexel (1851-1883), who married Edward Biddle III (1851-?); Frances Katherine Drexel (1855-1892), who married James William Paul, Jr.; Mae E. Drexel (1859-1886) married Charles T. Stewart; John Rozet Drexel (1863-1935), who married Alice Gordon Troth (1865-1947); Anthony Joseph Drexel II (1865-1934) married Margarita Armstrong; and George William Childs Drexel, who married Mary Stretch Irick (1868-1948).
He died of a heart attack on June 30, 1893 in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic at the age of 66 and was buried in The Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia.
★ Drexel University
★ Dan Rottenberg, ''The Man Who Made Wall Street'' copyright 2001. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia.
★ Findagrave: Anthony Joseph Drexel I
★ Bibliography of sources about Anthony J. Drexel and the Drexel family
'Anthony Joseph Drexel I' (September 13, 1826 – June 30, 1893) was an American financier, banker, partner of J.P. Morgan and founder of Drexel University.
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Birth
He was born in 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Francis Martin Drexel (1792-1863) and Catherine Hookey (1795-1870). He was the brother of Francis Anthony Drexel, who was the father of Saint Katharine Drexel, and Joseph William Drexel.
Anthony J. Drexel's statue at Drexel University
Marriage and children
He married Ellen B. Rozet (1832-1981) and had the following children: Emilie Drexel (1851-1883), who married Edward Biddle III (1851-?); Frances Katherine Drexel (1855-1892), who married James William Paul, Jr.; Mae E. Drexel (1859-1886) married Charles T. Stewart; John Rozet Drexel (1863-1935), who married Alice Gordon Troth (1865-1947); Anthony Joseph Drexel II (1865-1934) married Margarita Armstrong; and George William Childs Drexel, who married Mary Stretch Irick (1868-1948).
Death
He died of a heart attack 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
★ Drexel University
References
★ Dan Rottenberg, ''The Man Who Made Wall Street'' copyright 2001. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia.
External links
★ Findagrave: Anthony Joseph Drexel I
★ Bibliography of sources about Anthony J. Drexel and the Drexel family
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