Franklin Sidway
| Franklin Sidway | |
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| Born |
July 23, 1834 Buffalo, New York |
| Died | March 20, 1920 (aged 85) Buffalo, New York |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Cemetery |
| Education | Canandaigua Academy |
| Known for | Commissioned Interior with Portraits |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte Spaulding |
| Children | 5 (including Frank St. John Sidway) |
| Parent(s) | Jonathan Sidway Parnell St. John |
| Relatives | Elbridge G. Spaulding (father-in-law) |
Franklin Sidway (July 7, 1834 – March 20, 1920) was an American businessman and banker from Buffalo, New York, known for building the Sidway Building in Buffalo, the Spaulding-Sidway house in Grand Island, and commissioning the 1865 painting, Interior with Portraits, by American artist Thomas Le Clear.
Franklin Sidway was born on July 23, 1834 in Buffalo, New York to Jonathan Sidway (1784–1847) and Parnell (St. John) Sidway (1801–1879). Of the nine children of Jonathan and Parnell, only four reached adulthood:
Franklin's grandfather, James Sidway, was the first of his family to immigrate to the United States. James was born in Dudley Woodside, England in 1759 and was educated there. During the revolutionary period he immigrated to the American colonies where he made settlement in Orange County, New York and enlisted as a drummer in a New York regiment and served until the regiment was mustered out of service.
Sidway attended private schools including Canandaigua Academy and the George W. Francis School in Yonkers, New York, among others. In 1853, after completing his schooling, he toured Europe.
Sidway was one of the organizers and founders of Sidway, Skinner & Moore, general ship chandlers and grocers. Sidway, Skinner & Moore was very successful up until 1861, when it was dissolved due to the American Civil War.
Shortly after his marriage in 1866, Sidway joined Farmers and Mechanics Bank as assistant cashier in January 1867, and in January 1872 became cashier. Later he was promoted to vice president of the bank, a role in which he served until the bank's dissolution in 1898. Sidway also served as a trustee of the Buffalo Savings Bank.
During the American Civil War, Sidway was commissioned as colonel of volunteers with the authority to raise a regiment. He recruited several companies, however, when payment of bounties was discontinued, the organization was not completed and the enlisted men were transferred to another regiment.
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