Charles P. Leverich (1809-1876) was an American banker.
Charles P. Leverich | |
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| Born | July 17, 1809 |
| Died | January 10, 1876 |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Predecessor | Anthony P. Halsey |
| Successor | Charles M. Fry |
Biography
editEarly life
editCharles Palmer Leverich was born on July 17, 1809, in Newtown, Queens on L.I., N.Y. [1][2] He had three brothers: Henry S. Leverich, James Harvey and Charles E. Leverich.[2][3]
Career
editFrom 1834 onwards, he became a factor for Stephen Duncan (1787-1867), the wealthiest cotton and sugar planter in the Antebellum South.[2][3] He also served as a factor to the Minor and Connor families.[3] Additionally, he was a factor to planters William Newton Mercer (1792-1874), Levin Marshall, William St. John Elliot, Francis Surget (1784-1856) and his son Francis Surget Jr. (1815-1866), Sam Davis, William T. Palfrey, Mary Porter and John Julius Pringle.[3] He operated under the name of 'Charles P. Leverich & Co.', with a Southern office in New Orleans, Louisiana.[4]
He joined the board of directors of the Bank of New York in 1840.[2][3] He went on to serve as its Vice-president in 1853 and its President from 1863 to 1876.[2][3][5] In this capacity, he helped raise US$50,000,000 for the Union army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865.[3]
Personal life
editBoth he and his brother Henry married nieces of Stephen Duncan's.[2]
Death
editHe died on January 10, 1876. His obituary was published in The New York Times.[6]
References
edit- ^ Henry W. Domett, A History of The Bank of New York 1784 - 1884, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1884, p. 103
- ^ a b c d e f Texas Archival Resource Online
- ^ a b c d e f g William Kauffman Scarborough, Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-nineteenth-century South, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2006, pp. 155-156
- ^ Scott P. Marler, The Merchants' Capital: New Orleans and the Political Economy of the Nineteenth-Century South, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 29 Apr 2013, p. 110
- ^ Warren, Gorham & Lamont, Incorporated, 1864, The Bankers Magazine, Volume 19, p. 531
- ^ The New York Times: Obituary