Isaac Carow Explained

Office:	President of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York
Term Start:	1840
Term End:	1842
Predecessor:	Robert Lenox
Successor:	James De Peyster Ogden
Birth Name:	Isaac Quentin Carow
Birth Date:	29 March 1778
Birth Place:	Saint Croix, West Indies
Death Place:	Manhattan, New York
Children:	8, including Charles
Relations:	Edith Carow Roosevelt (granddaughter)

Isaac Quentin Carow (March 29, 1778 - September 3, 1850) was an American banker and merchant. He was the father of Charles Carow, grandfather of former first lady Edith Carow Roosevelt and grandfather-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt.

Early life

Carow was born on March 29, 1778, in Saint Croix in the West Indies. He was the son of merchant Isaac Carow and Ann (née Cooper) Carow.^{[1] [2]}

His paternal grandfather was Josué Quereau, a Huguenot who immigrated from France to New York before 1721 and married Judith Quantin in 1721.^{[3] [4]}

Career

In 1793, Carow moved to New York to obtain an academic education.^[5] He partnered with Robert Kermit to form the shipping line known as Kermit & Carow which made him a large fortune.^[5] In New York, he became a warden of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, a governor of New York Hospital, a member of the New York Bible Society (serving as vice president),^[6] and a promoter of the New York Society Library.^{[1] [7]} He was one of the fifteen members of the Committee of arrangements for the Erie Canal celebration.^[8]

He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York from 1840 to 1842, and was an original incorporator and director of the Bank of Commerce in New York.^[9]

Personal life

On June 30, 1803, Carow was married to his cousin, Eliza Mowatt (1783–1837).^[1] Together, they lived at 25 St Marks Place in a Federal style townhouse built in 1831,^[10] and were the parents of eight children, including:^{[1] [11]}

• Ann Eliza Carow (1804–1879), who married Robert Kermit, owner of the Red Star Line, in 1832.^{[12] [13]}
• John Carow (b. 1805), who died young.^[11]
• Jane Carow (1807–1830)^[11]
• Julia Carow (1813–1867), who married Edward Fisher Sanderson (d. 1866), a steel manufacturer of Endcliffe Grange in Sheffield, England.^{[14] [15]}
• Mary Carow (1816–1864),^[16] who married James P. Thomas.^[11]
• Charles Carow (1825–1883), who married Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler, a daughter of Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler.^[11]
• Laura Frances Carow (1827–1872)^{[11] [17]}

In 1815 and 1827 he visited Europe, staying with the Marquis de Lafayette in France during the latter trip.^[5] In 1835, when the St. Nicholas Society was formed, Carow was one of 275 men invited to join.^[10]

His wife Eliza died in May 1837.^[18] Carow died on September 3, 1850, in New York City.^[19] After his death and the payment of all bequests and legacies, he left an estate valued at $146,681.^[20]

Descendants

Through his eldest son Charles, he was a grandfather of Edith Kermit Carow (1861–1948), the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and the first lady of the United States during his presidency; Emily Tyler Carow (1865–1939);^[21] and Kermit Carow (1860–1860), who died in infancy.^[22]

Through his daughter Julia, he was a grandfather of Mary Sanderson (d. 1899), who married her second cousin Thomas Sanderson Furniss (and was the father of educationalist and socialist politician Henry Sanderson Furniss, 1st Baron Sanderson);^[23] Frances Ann Sanderson, who married New York State Assemblyman Samuel William Johnson (a descendant of William Samuel Johnson);^[14] Helen Augusta Sanderson, who married Dr. Charles Elam;^[24] Laura Carow Sanderson, who married Camidge, and Thomas Sanderson.^[15]

External links

• Portrait of Isaac Carow by Henry Peters Gray, 1865, New York State Museum

Notes and References

1. Book: Commerce . New York Chamber of . Portrait Gallery of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York: Catalogue and Biographical Sketches . 1890 . Press of the Chamber of Commerce . 36–37 . 30 June 2021 . en.
2. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time . 1967 . University Microfilms . 498 . 30 June 2021 . en.
3. Book: Quereau Genealogy: Descendants of Josué Quereau and Judith Quantin . 1928 . Stuart . 30 June 2021 . en.
4. Book: N.Y.) . French Church du Saint Esprit (New York . Registers of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths of the "Eglise Françoise À la Nouvelle York,": From 1688 to 1804 . 1968 . Genealogical Publishing Com . 978-0-8063-0380-2 . 192 . 30 June 2021 . fr.
5. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . 1898 . J.T. White . 498–499 . 30 June 2021 . en.
6. News: MORAL AND RELIGIOUS. American Bible Society . 1 July 2021 . . 18 September 1847 . 1.
7. Web site: City Readers > People & Organizations > Isaac Carow . cityreaders.nysoclib.org . . 1 July 2021.
8. Book: Lanier . Henry Wysham . A Century of Banking in New York: 1822-1922 . 1922 . Gilliss Press . 99 . 30 June 2021 . en.
9. News: GUARANTY TRUST MARKS CENTENARY; Merged Bank of Commerce Was Founded on Jan. 1, 1839, With $5,000,000 Capital . 23 June 2021 . . January 2, 1939.
10. News: Miller . Tom . The Isaac Carow House - No. 25 St. Marks Place . 30 June 2021 . Daytonian in Manhattan . May 5, 2017.
11. Book: Brigham . Willard Irving Tyler . The Tyler Genealogy: The Descendants of Job Tyler, of Andover, Massachusetts, 1619-1700 . 1912 . C. B. Tyler . 30 June 2021 . en.
12. Biography of the First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt "White House" in Washington. Accessed 16 March 2009.
13. Web site: National First Ladies' Library - First Lady Biography: Edith Roosevelt. www.firstladies.org. 2018-02-16.
14. Book: Wilcox . Arthur Russell . The Bar of Rye Township, Westchester County, New York: An Historical and Biographical Record, 1660-1918 . 1918 . Knickerbocker Press . 117 . 30 June 2021 . en.
15. Book: Lawrence . John S. Williams, Alexander M. . Supreme Court . 7 . 30 June 2021 . en.
16. News: DIED. . 30 June 2021 . . December 19, 1864.
17. News: DIED. . 1 July 2021 . . 9 May 1872.
18. News: DIED . 30 June 2021 . . May 9, 1837 . 3.
19. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801–1890 (Barber Collection): New York Evening Post, September 1, 1850
20. Book: Supreme Court . Evening Post Steam Presses . 41 Nassau St., cor. Liberty, N.Y. . 30 June 2021 . en.
21. Web site: TR Center - Emily Tyler Carow. www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org. 2016-11-30.
22. Web site: Robert Kermit Carow b. 26 Feb 1860 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 25 Aug 1860 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States: Our Family History. hughesfamilygenealogy.com. 2016-11-30.
23. News: TIMES . Special Cable to THE NEW YORK . BARON SANDERSON, BLIND PEER, DEAD; Won Honors at Oxford Despite Affliction and Became the Head of Ruskin College EX-LEADER IN LABOR PARTY Received Title in 1930 for His Services to Cause of Workers' Education . 30 June 2021 . . March 26, 1939.
24. News: MARRIED. . 30 June 2021 . . October 8, 1863.