Hamilton McKown Twombly

Birth Name:
Hamilton McKown Twombly
Birth Date:
08/11/1849
Birth Place:
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death Date:
01/11/1910
Place of Death:
Florham Estate, Madison, New Jersey
Age:
60
Cause of Death:
Tuberculosis of the larynx
Cemetery Name:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Business and Finance
Associates:
Hamilton McKown Twombly was a successful American businessman husband to Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly. In 1892, Twombly and his wife were both included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families led by Mrs. Astor, as published in The New York Times. His wife survived him by 42 years and his legacy is the 10th largest residential home in America - Florham Estate (which is now Fairleigh Dickinson University).

Fun Fact

Hamilton Twombly was a shrewd investor and astute businessman, often advising his father in law and Florence’s brothers on the management of their railroads and investments. When he died in 1910, not only did he leave his wife Florence richer than her found her, her left her richer than most of her family, no easy feat.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Woodlawn Cemetery

4199 Webster Avenue

Bronx, New York, 10470

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Oak Hill Plot

Grave Location Description

From the Jerome Avenue entrance, continue straight on Central Avenue and continue west for 0.25 miles. Turn left at the four-way intersection onto Prospect Avenue. There will be a mausoleum directly in front of you. Stay to the left and park your car on the road behind the structure. Hamilton McKown Twombly and his wife Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly are located among the headstones surrounding the mausoleum that is directly north of where you parked your car.

Grave Location GPS

40.889739984, -73.8727879880

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Videos Featuring Hamilton McKown Twombly:
The Vanderbilt-Twombly Florham Estate
Florham - Vanderbilt's Estate now "Hennessy Hall", Madison, NJ
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