Charles F. Frothingham Explained

Charles Frederick Frothingham (c. 1851 – May 17, 1923) was an American stockbroker and corporate director.

Early life

Frothingham was born in Albany, New York in about 1851 and was educated at the Albany Academy.^[1] He was a son of Charles Frothingham (1816–1895) and Catharine Tremper (Van Steenbergh) Frothingham (1818–1902), a daughter of John R. Van Steenburgh.^[2] Among his siblings were Anna Frothingham and Elizabeth Frothingham (the wife of Charles Whitehead).^[3]

Career

At eighteen years old, he moved from Albany to New York City. He later became a member of the New York Stock Exchange on January 25, 1877,^[4] holding his seat for about thirty years before his retirement.^[5] In 1885, Frothingham headed a committee of "dissatisfied stockholders" of the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company which hired Elihu Root as its counsel to investigate the affairs of the company.^[6] His firm was known as C. F. Frothingham & Co.,; the firm of Delafield & Frothingham was dissolved in 1931.^[7] He was a friend of many prominent men on Wall Street, including Alexander Henriques.^[8]

He served as vice president of the board of directors of the American Rice Company (incorporated in Louisiana), and president of the board of directors of the North American Rice Company (incorporated in West Virginia).^[9]

Personal life

Frothingham was married to Mary M. MacDonald (1860–1926)^[10] of Albany.^[11] Their surviving children were one son and three daughters:

• Mary Frothingham (1884–1976),^[12] who married Russian Count Alexander Golenischeff Koulouzoff Tolstoy, a nephew of writer Leo Tolstoy,^[13] in 1910.^{[14] [15]}
• Charles Frederick Frothingham Jr. (1888–1963),^[16] a stockbroker who married Wilfreda (Mortimer) Rutherfurd,^[17] the daughter of Richard Mortimer and former wife of John Morris Livingston Rutherfurd, in November 1924.^{[18] [19] [20]}
• Dorothy Frothingham (1895–1986), who married Edward William Cameron Arnold of the Arnold Constable & Company family, in 1909.^[21] They divorced and she married George Barnard Wagstaff, a son of Alfred Wagstaff Jr., in 1921.^[22] They also divorced.^[23]
• Isabelle Frothingham, who married stockbroker Robert Weaver Zimmerman.^[24]

He was a member of the Union League Club, the Sons of the Revolution and the Holland Lodge.

Frothingham died suddenly of angina pectoris at his home, 62 West 58th Street in Manhattan, on May 17, 1923.^[25] He was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.

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1. Book: Academy . Albany . Celebration of the Semi-centennial Anniversary of the Albany Academy: Albany, June 23, 1863 . 1863 . J. Munsell . 105 . 1 April 2022 . en.
2. Book: Albany City Directory . 1882 . 274 . 1 April 2022 . en.
3. Book: Social Register, New York . 1904 . . 504 . 1 April 2022 . en.
4. Book: HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE . 1887 . 27 . Financier Company . 1 April 2022 . en.
5. Book: Gouldings New York City Directory . 1877 . Lawrence G. Goulding. . 484 . 1 April 2022 . en.
6. News: ANSWER THESE, MR. FOSHAY.; DISSATISFIED STOCKHOLDERS WANT TO KNOW WHAT MR. SHARP HAS BEEN DOING. . 1 April 2022 . . 9 December 1885.
7. News: EXCHANGE FIRM IS FORMED.; Delafield & Frothingham and Harde & Sharp Are Dissolved. . 1 April 2022 . . 7 August 1931.
8. News: BURIAL OF ALEXANDER HENRIQUES. . 1 April 2022 . . 24 April 1889.
9. Book: Moody's Manual of Corporation Securities . 1904 . John Moody & Company . 1255, 1505, 1541 . 1 April 2022 . en.
10. News: DIED -- FROTHINGHAM . 1 April 2022 . . 22 March 1926.
11. Book: Social Register, New York . 1909 . . 212 . 1 April 2022 . en.
12. News: COUNTESS M. K. TOLSTOY, AMERICAN IN PARIS, 92 . 1 April 2022 . . 25 November 1976.
13. News: COUNT A. G. K. TOLSTOY.; "Russian Don Juan's" Third Wife Was Miss Frothingham of New York . 1 April 2022 . . 8 August 1914.
14. News: WEDS COUNT ALEX. TOLSTOY.; Miss Mary Frothingham Bride of Nephew of Russian Author . . 1 April 2022 . . 1 March 1910.
15. News: TIMES . Special Cable to THE NEW YORK . THREE MARRIAGES DON'T WORRY COUNT; Tolstoy Declares Latest Union, with Miss Frothingham of New York, the Only Legal One. FRENCH COURTS TO DECIDE Lawyers Not So Sure as the Count That He Is Not Guilty of Bigamy Under the French Law. . 1 April 2022 . . 4 June 1911.
16. News: Times . Special to The New York . C.F. FROTHINGHAM, 75, BROKERAGE PARTNER . 1 April 2022 . . 24 July 1963.
17. News: MRS. C. F. FROTHINGHAM . 20 February 2019 . . 3 August 1968 . 35.
18. News: MRS. RUTHERFURD GETS LICENSE TO MARRY Former Wife of John M. L. Rutherfurd to Wed Charles F. Frothingham on Nov. 5. . 18 October 2018 . . October 31, 1924 . en.
19. News: MRS. RUTHERFURD WED IN CITY CHAPEL; Former Wife of John M. L. Rutherfurd Marries Charles F. Frothingham, Broker. CITY CLERK OFFICIATES Relatives of Union Club Member and His Bride Witness the Ceremony--Other Nuptials. . 18 October 2018 . . November 6, 1924 . en.
20. News: REMODELED HOUSE ON EAST SIDE SOLD; Owner of the Former Stimson Home on East 36th St. Buys Adjacent Parcel DWELLING IS LEASED Charles F. Frothingham Takes the Prince Residence in East Ninety-second Street . 1 April 2022 . . 9 October 1942.
21. News: EDWARD W. C. ARNOLD. . 1 April 2022 . . 8 February 1954.
22. News: GEO. B. WAGSTAFF MARRIES. Weds Mrs. Dorothy Frothingham Arnold in Greenwich, Conn. . 1 April 2022 . . 18 December 1921.
23. News: Mrs. L.H. Feitner Wed To George B. Wagstaff; Ceremony Performed at Home of W.S. Webbs, Palm Beach . 18 April 2019 . . 24 March 1940.
24. News: Times . Special to The New York . ROBERT ZIMMERMAN, EX-STOCKBROKER, 76 . 1 April 2022 . . 29 May 1956.
25. News: CHAS. F. FROTHINGHAM DIES; Retired Member of New York Stock Exchange Was 72 Years Old. . 1 April 2022 . . 18 May 1923.