James A. Roosevelt

James A. Roosevelt
Born	James Alfred Roosevelt June 13, 1825 New York City, New York
Died	July 15, 1898 (aged 73) Hyde Park, New York
Resting place	Green-Wood Cemetery
Occupation	Businessman
Employer	Roosevelt & Son
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Norris Emlen (m. 1847; his death 1898)
Children	4, including William
Parent(s)	Cornelius Roosevelt Margaret Barnhill
Relatives	See Roosevelt family

James Alfred Roosevelt (June 13, 1825 – July 15, 1898) was an American businessman and philanthropist. A member of the Roosevelt family, he was an uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.

Roosevelt was born on June 13, 1825 to Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt (1794–1871) and Margaret Barnhill (1799–1861). His siblings were Silas Weir Roosevelt (1823–1870), Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, Jr. (1827–1887),Robert Barnhill Roosevelt (1829–1906), Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831–1878), who was married to Martha "Mittie" Bulloch (1835–1884), and William Wallace Roosevelt (1834–1835).

Roosevelt became a member of his father's mercantile firm, Roosevelt & Son, at the age of twenty, and eventually succeeded him as its head. He was connected with many other institutions, including as vice president of the Chemical Bank of New York; president of the Broadway Improvement Company; vice president of the Bank of Savings; member of the board of managers of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company; director of the New York Life Insurance Trust.

He was a trustee to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children and on the New York Board of Park Commissioners during the William Lafayette Strong Administration. He was a president of Roosevelt Hospital that was founded by his distant cousin James H. Roosevelt.

On December 22, 1847, he married Elizabeth Norris Emlen (1825–1912), the daughter of William Fishbourne Emlen (1786–1866) and Mary Parker Norris (1791–1872). Together, they had four children, including:

He died on July 15, 1898 near Mineola, New York while riding a train on his way home to Oyster Bay, New York.

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