Gabriel Mead Tooker | |
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Born |
New York City,
New York, U.S. | December 12, 1839
Died | December 11, 1905 | (aged 65)
Alma mater |
Columbia College Columbia Law School |
Spouse |
Margaret Augusta Peckham
(
m. 1862; died 1888) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives |
Whitney Warren (son-in-law) J. Wadsworth Ritchie (son-in-law) |
Gabriel Mead Tooker (December 12, 1839 – December 11, 1905) [1] was an American lawyer and clubman who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age. He was a member of Mrs. Astor's list named the " Four Hundred".
Tooker was born on December 12, 1839, in New York City. He was the third of seven children born to John F. Tooker (1807–1849) and Mary A. ( née Mead) Tooker (b. 1811), who married in 1835. [2] His maternal grandfather was William Mead of Greenwich, Connecticut, and his brother-in-law was Col. Clermont Livingston Best. [2]
He was the uncle of Annie Livingston Tooker Best, wife of Elizur Yale Smith of the Yale family, and were prominent in New York and Newport society. [3] [4] [5] [6] Her husband was the son of Wellington Smith, one of the world's largest paper manufacturer at the time, and was proprietor of a horsing estate that was later sold to William Douglas Sloane. [7] [8]
Annie was a protegee of Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. [9] She had Gladys Vanderbilt of the Breakers and Countess Beroldingen at her debutante party in New York, and was personally invited to Mrs. Astor gala at the Beechwood Estate. [10] [11] She was also announced by her son, John Jacob Astor IV, who later perished on the Titanic, and was a member of The Four Hundred during the Gilded Age, along with her cousin Charlotte Tooker Warren. [12]
Tooker graduated with an A.M. degree from Columbia College in 1859 and a LL.B. degree in 1861. [13]
Tooker's family was prominent as merchants in New York City with the firm Tooker, Mead & Company. [14] The firm had been run by his parents families. [15] Tooker was a lawyer, with an office at 23 Nassau Street in lower Manhattan, [16] who was also known as a successful investor. [17]
In 1892, the widower Tooker was included in Ward McAllister's " Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times. [18] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom. [19] He was a member of the New-York Historical Society, [20] and an active member of the Reading Room, a gentlemen's club in Newport. [17]
The Tookers owned one of the finest homes in Newport, Rhode Island, referred to as the "Tooker villa", [21] at Kay and Bellevue Avenue, and took part in prominent society there. [22] In 1895, following the marriage of his youngest daughter Emily, [23] Tooker gifts the house, including all its furnishings, chandeliers, and draperies, to his children, who promptly divided the contents and sold the home. [24] [25] His elder daughter was considered the "beauty of the family" and his younger daughter Emily, who was "not in the least bit pretty," was reportedly engaged to A. Lanfear Norrie. [26]
On December 2, 1862, [2] Tooker was married to Margaret Augusta Peckham (1843–1888), [27] the daughter of Dr. Walton Hazard Peckham and Margaret (née Milderburger) Stuyvesant Peckham. [28] Margaret was the first cousin of biologist George William Peckham and Supreme Court Justice Rufus Wheeler Peckham [28] and niece of U.S. Representative Rufus W. Peckham and District Attorney Wheeler H. Peckham, all descendants of George Hazard, a Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island. [29] The Tookers New York residence was at 675 Fifth Avenue. [16] Together, they were the parents of: [30]
His wife died in Rome, Italy, on February 4, 1888. [27] Tooker died on December 11, 1905, at Monte Carlo in Monaco, [40] after having lived abroad for twenty years. [1] He was buried alongside his wife in Rome, however, a memorial was place at Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island.
Through his daughter Charlotte, [41] he was the grandfather of Charlotte Augusta Warren (1885–1957), who married William Greenough, and Whitney Warren Jr. (1898–1986), [42] [43] who was a horticulturalist and patron of the arts. [44] [45] Warren Jr. was referred to as "an overly rich bachelor operating in San Francisco" [43] who traveled around the world. [46]
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TOOKER--At Rome, Italy, Feb. 4, 1888 MARGARET AUGUSTA, wife of Gabriel Mead Tooker and daughter of the late Dr. Walter H. Peckhan. Funeral and interment at Rome, Feb. 6. 1888.
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RITCHIE--July 4, at Ashwell, Rutland, England, Emily, wife of J. Wadsworth Ritchie, daughter of Gabriel Mead Tooker, in the 32nd year of her age.
Gabriel Mead Tooker | |
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Born |
New York City,
New York, U.S. | December 12, 1839
Died | December 11, 1905 | (aged 65)
Alma mater |
Columbia College Columbia Law School |
Spouse |
Margaret Augusta Peckham
(
m. 1862; died 1888) |
Children | 3 |
Relatives |
Whitney Warren (son-in-law) J. Wadsworth Ritchie (son-in-law) |
Gabriel Mead Tooker (December 12, 1839 – December 11, 1905) [1] was an American lawyer and clubman who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age. He was a member of Mrs. Astor's list named the " Four Hundred".
Tooker was born on December 12, 1839, in New York City. He was the third of seven children born to John F. Tooker (1807–1849) and Mary A. ( née Mead) Tooker (b. 1811), who married in 1835. [2] His maternal grandfather was William Mead of Greenwich, Connecticut, and his brother-in-law was Col. Clermont Livingston Best. [2]
He was the uncle of Annie Livingston Tooker Best, wife of Elizur Yale Smith of the Yale family, and were prominent in New York and Newport society. [3] [4] [5] [6] Her husband was the son of Wellington Smith, one of the world's largest paper manufacturer at the time, and was proprietor of a horsing estate that was later sold to William Douglas Sloane. [7] [8]
Annie was a protegee of Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. [9] She had Gladys Vanderbilt of the Breakers and Countess Beroldingen at her debutante party in New York, and was personally invited to Mrs. Astor gala at the Beechwood Estate. [10] [11] She was also announced by her son, John Jacob Astor IV, who later perished on the Titanic, and was a member of The Four Hundred during the Gilded Age, along with her cousin Charlotte Tooker Warren. [12]
Tooker graduated with an A.M. degree from Columbia College in 1859 and a LL.B. degree in 1861. [13]
Tooker's family was prominent as merchants in New York City with the firm Tooker, Mead & Company. [14] The firm had been run by his parents families. [15] Tooker was a lawyer, with an office at 23 Nassau Street in lower Manhattan, [16] who was also known as a successful investor. [17]
In 1892, the widower Tooker was included in Ward McAllister's " Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times. [18] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom. [19] He was a member of the New-York Historical Society, [20] and an active member of the Reading Room, a gentlemen's club in Newport. [17]
The Tookers owned one of the finest homes in Newport, Rhode Island, referred to as the "Tooker villa", [21] at Kay and Bellevue Avenue, and took part in prominent society there. [22] In 1895, following the marriage of his youngest daughter Emily, [23] Tooker gifts the house, including all its furnishings, chandeliers, and draperies, to his children, who promptly divided the contents and sold the home. [24] [25] His elder daughter was considered the "beauty of the family" and his younger daughter Emily, who was "not in the least bit pretty," was reportedly engaged to A. Lanfear Norrie. [26]
On December 2, 1862, [2] Tooker was married to Margaret Augusta Peckham (1843–1888), [27] the daughter of Dr. Walton Hazard Peckham and Margaret (née Milderburger) Stuyvesant Peckham. [28] Margaret was the first cousin of biologist George William Peckham and Supreme Court Justice Rufus Wheeler Peckham [28] and niece of U.S. Representative Rufus W. Peckham and District Attorney Wheeler H. Peckham, all descendants of George Hazard, a Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island. [29] The Tookers New York residence was at 675 Fifth Avenue. [16] Together, they were the parents of: [30]
His wife died in Rome, Italy, on February 4, 1888. [27] Tooker died on December 11, 1905, at Monte Carlo in Monaco, [40] after having lived abroad for twenty years. [1] He was buried alongside his wife in Rome, however, a memorial was place at Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island.
Through his daughter Charlotte, [41] he was the grandfather of Charlotte Augusta Warren (1885–1957), who married William Greenough, and Whitney Warren Jr. (1898–1986), [42] [43] who was a horticulturalist and patron of the arts. [44] [45] Warren Jr. was referred to as "an overly rich bachelor operating in San Francisco" [43] who traveled around the world. [46]
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TOOKER--At Rome, Italy, Feb. 4, 1888 MARGARET AUGUSTA, wife of Gabriel Mead Tooker and daughter of the late Dr. Walter H. Peckhan. Funeral and interment at Rome, Feb. 6. 1888.
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RITCHIE--July 4, at Ashwell, Rutland, England, Emily, wife of J. Wadsworth Ritchie, daughter of Gabriel Mead Tooker, in the 32nd year of her age.