| Abram M. Rothschild | |
| Birth Place: | Nordstetten, Kingdom of Württemberg |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Founder of A.M. Rothschild Company |
| Occupation: | Businessman |
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| Children: | 1 |
| Relatives: | Nelson Morris (father-in-law) Edward Morris (brother-in-law) Ira Nelson Morris (brother-in-law) |
| Signature: | Signature of Abram M. Rothschild (1853–1902).png |
Abram M. Rothschild or A.M. Rothschild (1853 – July 28, 1902) was an American businessman who founded the A.M. Rothschild Company.[1] [2]
Abram M. Rothschild was born to a Jewish family in 1853 in Nordstetten (today a district of Horb am Neckar), Kingdom of Württemberg, the youngest child in a family of thirteen.[3] In 1856, he immigrated to Davenport, Iowa where he joined his brother, Emmanuel, who had founded a retail store. The store was renamed to E. Rothschild and Bro. After the Great Chicago Fire, the brothers established a branch operation on the near west side of Chicago which soon morphed it into a clothing manufacturing operation. In 1881, they liquidated their retail operations and went solely into clothing manufacturing with their company, the Palace Clothing Company; Abram served as president and built production facilities in a number of cities. He served as a director of the Columbian Exposition and Vice President of the National Bank of the Republic. In 1895, he built a retail store under his name, A.M. Rothschild Company, with his father-in-law Nelson Morris and his brother-in-laws Edward Morris and Ira Nelson Morris as silent partners. It became one of the largest retail stores in Chicago.[4]
In 1882, he married Augusta Morris, daughter of Nelson Morris, the founder of the Chicago meatpacking company Morris & Company;[5] they had one child, Melville Nelson Rothschild. Rothschild committed suicide by revolver on July 28, 1902, in Chicago.[6] [7] After his death, his wife married his cousin, Maurice L. Rothschild.[8] [9] [10]