David Hunter McAlpin
| David Hunter McAlpin | |
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David Hunter McAlpin portrait (oil on canvas) circa 1890
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| Born | 6 November 1816 Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County New York |
| Died | 8 February 1901 New York, NY |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Employer | D.H. McAlpin & Co |
| Known for | Owner and CEO of D.H. McAlpin & Co a large tobacco manufacturer in New York City |
| Home town | New York, NY |
| Title | Proprietor |
| Board member of |
D.H. McAlpin & Co |
| Spouse(s) | Adelaide Rose McAlpin Mrs A.D. Chamberlain |
| Children |
General Edward Augustus McAlpin |
| Parent(s) | James & Jane Hunter McAlpin |
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David Hunter McAlpin (1816–1901) was a prominent industrialist and real estate owner in New York City. He owned the D.H. McAlpin Tobacco Company. Among his children was a Civil War General and a prominent physician.
David Hunter McAlpin was born on 6 November 1816 in Pleasant Valley, New York to James and Jane Hunter McAlpin. His father had immigrated from Ireland in 1811, only five years before his birth after participating in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. In 1836 McAlpin moved to New York City where he opened a tobacco store at 84 Catherine Street in partnership with William H. Hughes. Over the next few years they opened additional stores in the city and the partnership dissolved in 1839 after which McAlpin continued the business alone.
In 1857 McAlpin became a partner in the firm of John Cornish & Co., tobacco manufacturers. In 1860 he bought out his partner upon his retirement taking sole control of the company and renamed it D.H. McAlpin & Co. His company was the first to introduce Virginia tobacco to the New York market branding it Virgin Leaf which contributed to the firm's growth. In 1868 as the firm grew, McAlpin bought two entire blocks and built a large manufacturing facility at 150 Ave D (and 10th street) in Manhattan. After McAlpin's death, the D.H. McAlpin & Co was sold on 23 November 1901 to Consolidated Tobacco Co. for a reported price of $2,500,000.
At the time of his death, McAlpin was a director of:
McAlpin sat on the board of the Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1872 to his death in 1901, and provided generously for the provision of the Seminary. He endowed a chair in theology, known as the "Skinner and McAlpin" Chair, with $25,000, along with an additional $55,000 from others. In 1884 he donated a multi-thousand volume collection to the seminary's library known as the "McAlpin Collection"
McAlpin erected a church, the Olivet Chapel, on Second Street, Manhattan in memory of his son, Joseph Rose McAlpin.
McAlpin was married three times. His first wife was Adelaide Rose, daughter of Joseph Rose Jr., whom he married in 1846. The ceremony was held at the Market Street Church, which eventually became the Church of Sea and Land. Adelaide died in 1870. His second wife was Mrs A.D. Chamberlain (Adelia) whom he married in 1873 and who died in 1891. McAlpin's third wife, whom he married in 1892, and his third wife was Adelaide's sister, Cordelia (Rose) Shackelton, widow of Dr. Judson G. Shackelton.
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