Warren Delano IV explained

Birth Date:	July 11, 1852
Birth Place:	Newburgh, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	Barrytown, New York, U.S.
Alma Mater:	Harvard University
Parents:	Warren Delano Jr. Catherine Robbins Lyman
Relations:	Sara Ann Delano (sister) Frederic Delano (brother) Franklin D. Roosevelt (nephew)

Warren Delano IV (July 11, 1852 – September 9, 1920)^[1] was an American horseman and coal tycoon.^[2]

Early life

Delano was born at Algonac, the family estate in Balmville near Newburgh, New York in 1852. He was a member of the Delano family as a son of prominent opium trader, Warren Delano Jr. (1809–1898), and Catherine Robbins (née Lyman) Delano (1825–1896). Among his siblings were younger sister Sara Ann Delano (the mother of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and younger brother Frederic Adrian Delano, a railroad president.

His paternal grandfather was Captain Warren Delano Sr., who was involved in the New England sea trade, and his maternal grandfather was Judge Joseph Lyman of Massachusetts. His paternal uncle, Franklin Hughes Delano,^[3] was married to Laura Astor, a daughter of William Backhouse Astor Sr. and sister of John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor Jr.^[4] (husband of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor).^[5] Reportedly, Laura was the favorite granddaughter of John Jacob Astor, the founding family patriarch who was America's first millionaire.^[6]

In his youth, he was reportedly barred from his best friend Dick Aldrich's home, Rokeby, for spiking the punch at one of Aldrich's mother's parties (Margaret Aldrich, the wife of Richard Aldrich).^[7] Delano attended and graduated from Harvard University in 1874, where his future wife attended private art classes.

Career

Delano served as the president of the Delano Coal Company, one of the largest coal operations in Pennsylvania. Delano was known as a subsidiary of the Lackawanna Steel Company. Delano Coal owned the Buena Vista Furnace, a hot blast iron furnace built in 1847, that by the time it was acquired in 1901,^[8] consisted of 20000acres of coal land in Indiana and Cambria counties.^[9] He also served as vice president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.^[10]

In 1901, Delano founded Wehrum, Pennsylvania, a non-union company town for the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, which contained 230 houses, a hotel, company store, jail, bank, post office, school, and two churches.^[11] Wehrum was the largest town of what is now a series of ghost towns along the "Ghost Town Trail" that were abandoned when the mines declined and closed in the 1930s (the mines were eventually sold to the Bethlehem Mines Corporation in 1922).^[12] He also founded Vintondale, Pennsylvania in Cambria County, and served as the President of Vinton Colliery Company and mayor of the town.

As of his death in 1920, Delano was a director of the Union Mining Company, served as president of the Delano Coal Company, and was chairman of the board of the Vinton Colliery Company.

Personal life

In 1876, Delano was married to Jean "Jennie" Walters (1853–1922), much to her father's disappointment and discouragement as Jennie was his only daughter and companion following her mother's untimely death while abroad in 1862. Jennie was the daughter of William Thompson Walters, a merchant and art collector,^[13] and the sister of Henry Walters, who formed the Walters Art Museum from their father's collection.^[14] Together, they lived in Orange, New Jersey, then New York City, before moving to Rhinebeck-on-Hudson, and were the parents of seven children, five of whom survived to adulthood, one son and four daughters:

• Warren Delano V (1877–1882), who died young.
• Lyman Delano (1883–1944), Chairman of the L&N and Atlantic Coast Line railroads,^{[15] [16]} who married Leila Chapin Burnett (1886–1936) in 1908.^{[17] [18] [19]}
• Ellen Walters Delano (1884–1976),^[20] who married philanthropist Frederick Baldwin Adams (1878–1961).^[21]
• Jean Walters Delano (1889–1953),^[22] who married George Harold Edgell (1887–1954),^[23] a director of the Boston Fine Arts Museum, in 1914.^[24]
• Laura Franklin Delano (1885–1972),^[25] who never married and was a close friend of Helen Huntington, the first wife of Vincent Astor.^[26] Laura was also the inspiration for the character of Madge Telfair in Thomas Wolfe's novel, Of Time and the River.^[27]
• William Walters Delano (1892–1892), who died in infancy.
• Sara Delano (1894–1983), who married Roland Livingston Redmond (1892–1982).^{[28] [29]}

On September 9, 1920, Delano was killed when the horse he was riding frightened by an approaching New York Central train, dashed onto the tracks at Barrytown, killing him instantly.^[30] His widow died two years later in 1922.^[31] His funeral was held at Steen Valetje in Barrytown and was attended by his nephew Franklin, then the Democratic vice presidential candidate.^[32]

Steen Valetje residence

In 1875, Delano inherited Steen Valetje (which means "little stone valley" in Dutch), the estate built in 1851 for his uncle Franklin Hughes Delano on a wedding gift of land from the Astors' nearby Rokeby estate.^[33] Franklin died childless. In 1881, Delano hired New York architect Thomas Stent to expand the property.^{[34] [35]}

At Steen Valetje, Delano moved his family and devoted himself to breeding horses.^[36] At the time of his death, he had a stable of 65 horses, including saddle and driving horses and heavy draft horses,^[30] and was an officer of the Springbrook Driving Park Association.^[37] His son Lyman inherited Steen Valetje and his family kept the home until 1966 when it was sold by the family.^[27]

References

Notes

Sources

External links

• • Steen Valetje at Hudson River Valley Heritage.
• Portrait of Jennie Walters Delano (1853-1922) by Theobald Chartran.
• Portrait of Warren Delano III, by William Jacob Baer.

Notes and References

1. [National Archives and Records Administration]
2. Web site: Roosevelt Genealogy . www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu . . 18 July 2018.
3. News: Franklin H. Delano. 20 March 2018. The New York Times. 25 December 1893.
4. News: THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR. INCLUDING THE FAMILIES OF BRISTED, WARD, CHANLER, CARY, DE STUERS, DELANO, VAN ALEN, ROOSEVELT, DRAYTON, WILSON, LANGDON, RUMPFF, BORELL, WILKS, KANE, CARROLL, DE NOTBECK, AND JAY. . 26 February 2019 . . March 6, 1898.
5. News: DIED. DELANO. 20 March 2018. The New York Times. 25 December 1893. At Monte Carlo, Monaco, on Dec. 23, 1893, Franklin H. Delano of New-York City.
6. Book: Homberger . Eric . Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age . 2004 . . 9780300105155 . 105 . 26 February 2019 . en.
7. Book: Brandt . Clare . An American Aristocracy: The Livingstons . 1986 . . 9780385158756 . 227, 233 . registration . 26 February 2019 . en.
8. Book: Weber . Denise Dusza . Vintondale . 2008 . Arcadia Publishing . 9780738555416 . 17 . 26 February 2019 . en.
9. Web site: Clarence D.. Stephenson . Buena Vista Furnace . Mahoning Mimeograph and Pamphlet Service . July 1968 . November 7, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071011173756/http://www.indianacountyparks.org/parks/bvf/Buena%20Vista%20Furnace.pdf . October 11, 2007 .
10. Web site: Portrait of Warren Delano III - William Jacob Baer (American, 1860-1941) . artsandculture.google.com . . 26 February 2019 . en.
11. Web site: Regional Trail Guide . Indiana County Parks & Trails . April 15, 2008 . November 7, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080819181021/http://www.indianacountyparks.org/photos/maps/regionaltrailguide.pdf . August 19, 2008 .
12. Web site: Ghost Town National Recreation Trail, Pennsylvania . National Recreation Trails . November 18, 2007 . November 7, 2008 .
13. News: AMERICA'S GREAT ART COLLECTOR William Thompson Walters, Known Everywhere for His Devotion to Art, Dies in Baltimore. . 26 February 2019 . . November 23, 1894.
14. News: HENRY WALTERS IN SURPRISE MARRIAGE Baltimore Financier, 73, Weds Mrs. Pembroke Jones, Widow of His Old Friend. THEY SAIL ON AQUITANIA Noted Art Collector and Bride Tell on Steamer of Their Wedding a Few Hours Before. . 26 February 2019 . . April 12, 1922.
15. News: Lyman Delano, Roosevelt Cousin, L. & N. Head, Dies . 14 December 2022 . Louisville Courier-Journal . 24 July 1944.
16. News: 100 AT DELANO RITES; Members of Roosevelt FamilyI at Funeral of President's Cousini . 26 February 2019 . . July 26, 1944 . en.
17. News: MISS BUNCE BRIDE OF JOHN G. JACKSON Many New York Guests Attend the Ceremony at Poughkeepsie. MISS LEILA BURNETT WEDS Marriage to Lyman Delano, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Delano of New York, at Southborough. . 26 February 2019 . . June 7, 1908.
18. News: MISS LEILA DELANO ENGAGED TO MARRY; President Roosevelt's Cousin to Become the Bride of Arthur Willing Patterson. . 26 February 2019 . . September 5, 1936 . en.
19. News: ROBERT B. DELANO, BROKER, ENDS LIFE; Relative of the President Is Found a Suicide in the Argentine Chaco. ON STAFF OF COTTON FIRM Son of Lyman Delano Had Been a Close Friend of the Roosevelt Children. . 26 February 2019 . . June 2, 1936 . en.
20. News: ELLEN DELANO ADAMS . 26 February 2019 . . April 18, 1976 . en.
21. News: Frederic Adams, Rail Officer, Dies: Director of Several Lines, 83, Had Also Been Banker . . 24 Oct 1961 . 37.
22. News: FALL KILLS HORSEWOMAN; Mrs. Jean Waiters Edgell Found on New Hampshire Bridle Path . 26 February 2019 . . August 16, 1953 . en.
23. News: G. H. EDGELL DEAD; MUSEUM DIRECTOR; Head of Boston Fine Arts Had Taught at Harvard--Was Expert on Sienese Painting . 26 February 2019 . . June 30, 1954 . en.
24. News: MISS DELANO A BRIDE. Married to Prof. G. H. Edgell at Her Summer Home, Steen Valetje. . 26 February 2019 . . June 14, 1914.
25. News: Laura F. Delano Is Dead; Dog Show Judge Was 86 . 26 February 2019 . . 28 January 1972.
26. Book: Appleseed . Peter . Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Life and Times . 9781312213746 . 81 . 26 February 2019 . en.
27. Book: Estersohn . Pieter . Aldrich . John Winthrop . Life Along the Hudson: The Historic country estates of the Livingston family . September 18, 2018 . . 978-0-8478-6323-5 . 188–197 . 27 February 2019.
28. Book: Johnston . William R. . William and Henry Walters, the Reticent Collectors . 1999 . . 9780801860409 . 15 . 26 February 2019 . en.
29. Book: Davis . Howland . Clermont . Friends of . A Livingston genealogical register . 1995 . Kinship . 9781560121367 . F-14, H-33, 235 . 26 February 2019 . en.
30. News: WARREN DELANO KILLED BY TRAIN AT BARRYTOWN His Favorite Horse, Frightened by Express, Dashed On Track, Carrying Him to Death. BORNE 150 FEET BY ENGINE Uncle of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Had Large Coal interests in Pennsylvania. OWNED STABLE OF HORSES He Intended to Exhibit Animal HeWas Driving at Dutchess County Fair Tomorrow. . 26 February 2019 . . September 10, 1920.
31. News: DEATH MAY CLEAR UP MYSTERY OF A LIGHT Burning in Mansion 32 Years Since Daughter Married Against Walters's Will. . 26 February 2019 . . December 4, 1922.
32. News: WARREN DELANO FUNERAL. Franklin D. Roosevelt Attends Services at Barrytown. . 26 February 2019 . . September 13, 1920.
33. News: Nonko . Emily . 19th century Hudson River estate built for an Astor gets a price cut to $20M . 26 February 2019 . 6sqft . August 28, 2017.
34. Book: Pottker . Jan . Sara and Eleanor: The Story of Sara Delano Roosevelt and Her Daughter-in-Law, Eleanor Roosevelt . 2014 . . 9781466864511 . 44 . 26 February 2019 . en.
35. Book: Kelly . Nancy V. . Rhinebeck's Historic Architecture . 2009 . . 9781614232902 . 28 . 26 February 2019 . en.
36. Book: Delano . Daniel Webster . Franklin Roosevelt and the Delano influence . 1946 . J. S. Nudi publications . 160, 184 . 26 February 2019 . en.
37. Warren Delano Killed by Train . Coal and Coal Trade Journal . 1920 . 1021 . 26 February 2019 . Coal Publishing Corporation . en.