Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Stanwood, James Rindge, 1847-1910 |
Born |
Apr. 2, 1847 |
Birthplace |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
Deceased |
Apr. 9, 1910 |
Deceased where |
Portsmouth, N.H. |
Places of residence |
Cincinnati, Ohio Boston, Mass. 38 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, N.H. |
Occupation |
Clerk. Journalist. |
Father |
Isaac Henry Stanwood, 1807-1883 |
Mother |
Mehitable Rindge Wendell, 1818-1847 |
Notes |
Raised by his grandparents, Jacob and Mehitabel Wendell in Portsmouth, he opened his own wool buying business in Boston, which he operated until 1883. While in Boston he joined the Bostonian Society and took an active part in renovating the Old State House. He returned to Portsmouth in ca. 1886 and became known as a historian and writer, publishing many newspaper articles, three pamphlets, and The Direct Ancestry of the late Jacob Wendell of Portsmouth (1882). Though not a veteran, he served on the command staff of the Union Veterans Union with the rank of colonel. He was very active at the Athenaeum, assisting with the building renovations of the 1890s and as director (1904-10). He used the share belonging to his grandfather's estate from ca. 1886 until 1899, when it was officially transferred to him; in 1914 his estate transferred it to his cousin, Barrett Wendell. He served as a director from 1904-10. Buried in Proprietors Burying Ground in Portsmouth, NH. |
Titles & honors |
Athenaeum Proprietor, Share #37 |
Publications |
The direct ancestry of the late Jacob Wendell, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire : with a prefatory sketch of the early Dutch settlement of the Providence of New Netherland, 1614-1664 / (Boston : David Clapp & Son, 1882) |
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