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popular name: Hamilton McKown Twombly

date_of_death: 01/11/1910

age: 60

cause_of_death: Tuberculosis of the larynx

claim_to_fame: Business and Finance

best_know_for: 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 Florham Estate - then the 10th largest residential home in America (which is now Fairleigh Dickinson University).

popular name: Edmund Dexter

date_of_death: July 24, 1862

age: 61

cause_of_death: Unknown

claim_to_fame: Business and Finance

best_know_for: Edmund Dexter was a famous (well ... famous in the 1800s) whiskey maker and liquor distributor located in Cincinnati, Ohio. An immigrant from England, his first residency was in New York City. From there he moved to Cincinnati where he was initially involved in the liquor trade working for one of the many local dealers. When Dexter established his own liquor business in the late 1920s, he was quickly well established and thriving, according to historical records. In 1829, Dexter married Mary Ann Dellinger and they would have five sons - Charles, born in 1830; Edmund Jr., 1835; George and Julius, 1840, and Adolphus, 1844. As his boys matured, Dexter brought them into the liquor business, eventually calling it Edmund Dexter & Sons. Today he is remembered more for his historic mausoleum than for any of his whiskey's he produced in his lifetime. Upon his death, he was laid to rest at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

popular name: Eliza Jumel

date_of_death: July 16, 1865

age: 90

cause_of_death: Natural causes from dementia

claim_to_fame: Business and Finance

best_know_for: Eliza Jumel was one of the most remarkable rags-to-riches story in early American history. Born Elizabeth Bowen in poverty in Providence, she endured a difficult childhood marked by financial hardship and periods in workhouses. As a young woman she moved to New York City, where she worked in the theater and later married the wealthy merchant Stephen Jumel in 1804. Through this marriage she gained wealth and social status, but she also demonstrated considerable business skill, helping manage and protect the couple’s investments. The Jumels lived in what is now known as the Morris–Jumel Mansion, and Eliza became known for her art collection, extensive travels in Europe, and ambition to rise within elite society. After Stephen Jumel’s death in 1832, she married former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr, but the marriage quickly deteriorated and ended in divorce. Despite controversies surrounding her life, Eliza remained one of the wealthiest women in New York, managing her own affairs and property with unusual independence for her era. She died in 1865 at the age of 90 in her beloved home very near the cemetery where she rests.