Merchant (Plate Glass)/Philanthropist/Civic Affairs
Centurion, 1864–1878
Born 22 September 1831 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Died 9 February 1878 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery
, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by William J. Hoppin
Elected 12 November 1864 at age thirty-three
Archivist’s Note: Brother of Cornelius Van Schaick Roosevelt, James A. Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, and Silas Weir Roosevelt; father of Theodore Roosevelt; uncle of Alfred Roosevelt, James West Roosevelt, and W. Emlen Roosevelt; great uncle-in-law of Franklin D. Roosevelt; great-grandfather of J. Willard Roosevelt
Century Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt offers a bright example of the consecration of fortune and the sacrifice of ease to noble works of benevolence. That charity for all, which was practical and efficient in the outer world, found its expression among us in kindly courtesy, which won the affectionate regard of his fellow members.
Augustus R. Macdonough
1879 Century Association Reports
