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Charles Frederick Frothingham (c. 1851 – May 17, 1923) was an American stockbroker and corporate director.

Early life

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Frothingham was born in Albany, New York in about 1851 and was educated at the Albany Academy.[1] He was a son of Charles Frothingham (1816–1895) and Catharine Tremper (née Van Steenbergh) Frothingham (1818–1902), a daughter of John R. Van Steenburgh.[2] Among his siblings were Anna Frothingham and Elizabeth Frothingham (the wife of Charles Whitehead).[3]

Career

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At eighteen years old, he moved from Albany to New York City. He later became a member of the New York Stock Exchange on January 25, 1877,[4] holding his seat for about thirty years before his retirement.[5][6] In 1885, Frothingham headed a committee of "dissatisfied stockholders" of the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company which hired Elihu Root as its counsel to investigate the affairs of the company.[7] His firm was known as C. F. Frothingham & Co.,; the firm of Delafield & Frothingham was dissolved in 1931.[8] He was a friend of many prominent men on Wall Street, including Alexander Henriques.[9]

He served as vice president of the board of directors of the American Rice Company (incorporated in Louisiana), and president of the board of directors of the North American Rice Company (incorporated in West Virginia).[10]

Personal life

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Frothingham was married to Mary M. MacDonald (1860–1926)[11] of Albany.[12] Their surviving children were one son and three daughters:

  • Mary Frothingham (1884–1976),[13] who married Russian Count Alexander Golenischeff Koulouzoff Tolstoy, a nephew of writer Leo Tolstoy,[14] in 1910.[15][16]
  • Charles Frederick Frothingham Jr. (1888–1963),[17] a stockbroker who married Wilfreda (née Mortimer) Rutherfurd,[18] the daughter of Richard Mortimer and former wife of John Morris Livingston Rutherfurd,[a] in November 1924.[22][23][24]
  • Dorothy Frothingham (1895–1986), who married Edward William Cameron Arnold of the Arnold Constable & Company family, in 1909.[25] They divorced and she married George Barnard Wagstaff, a son of Alfred Wagstaff Jr., in 1921.[26] They also divorced.[27]
  • Isabelle Frothingham, who married stockbroker Robert Weaver Zimmerman.[28]

He was a member of the Union League Club, the Sons of the Revolution and the Holland Lodge.[5]

Frothingham died suddenly of angina pectoris at his home, 62 West 58th Street in Manhattan, on May 17, 1923.[5] He was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.

References

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Notes
  1. ^ John Morris Livingston Rutherfurd (1888–1971)[19] was a descendant of U.S. Senator John Rutherfurd and signer of the Declaration of Independence Lewis Morris.[20][21] They divorced in Paris in 1923.[22]
Sources
  1. ^ Academy, Albany (1863). Celebration of the Semi-centennial Anniversary of the Albany Academy: Albany, June 23, 1863. J. Munsell. p. 105. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ Albany City Directory. 1882. p. 274. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1904. p. 504. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. ^ HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. Financier Company. 1887. p. 27. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "CHAS. F. FROTHINGHAM DIES; Retired Member of New York Stock Exchange Was 72 Years Old". The New York Times. 18 May 1923. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  6. ^ Gouldings New York City Directory. Lawrence G. Goulding. 1877. p. 484. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. ^ "ANSWER THESE, MR. FOSHAY.; DISSATISFIED STOCKHOLDERS WANT TO KNOW WHAT MR. SHARP HAS BEEN DOING". The New York Times. 9 December 1885. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  8. ^ "EXCHANGE FIRM IS FORMED.; Delafield & Frothingham and Harde & Sharp Are Dissolved". The New York Times. 7 August 1931. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  9. ^ "BURIAL OF ALEXANDER HENRIQUES". The New York Times. 24 April 1889. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  10. ^ Moody's Manual of Corporation Securities. John Moody & Company. 1904. pp. 1255, 1505, 1541. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  11. ^ "DIED -- FROTHINGHAM". The New York Times. 22 March 1926. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  12. ^ Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1909. p. 212. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  13. ^ "COUNTESS M. K. TOLSTOY, AMERICAN IN PARIS, 92". The New York Times. 25 November 1976. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  14. ^ "COUNT A. G. K. TOLSTOY.; "Russian Don Juan's" Third Wife Was Miss Frothingham of New York". The New York Times. 8 August 1914. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  15. ^ "WEDS COUNT ALEX. TOLSTOY.; Miss Mary Frothingham Bride of Nephew of Russian Author ". The New York Times. 1 March 1910. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  16. ^ TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (4 June 1911). "THREE MARRIAGES DON'T WORRY COUNT; Tolstoy Declares Latest Union, with Miss Frothingham of New York, the Only Legal One. FRENCH COURTS TO DECIDE Lawyers Not So Sure as the Count That He Is Not Guilty of Bigamy Under the French Law". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  17. ^ Times, Special to The New York (24 July 1963). "C.F. FROTHINGHAM, 75, BROKERAGE PARTNER". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  18. ^ "MRS. C. F. FROTHINGHAM". Daily News. 3 August 1968. p. 35. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  19. ^ "John Rutherfurd, 80, Ex-Racing Figure". The Palm Beach Post. 1 April 1971. p. 48. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  20. ^ "Rutherford-Mortimer Wedding In June" (PDF). The New York Times. January 19, 1911. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  21. ^ "MISS MORTIMER A TUXEDO BRIDE | Daughter of Richard Mortimer Married to John M. Rutherford at "Mortemar"" (PDF). The New York Times. May 21, 1911. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  22. ^ a b "MRS. RUTHERFURD GETS LICENSE TO MARRY | Former Wife of John M. L. Rutherfurd to Wed Charles F. Frothingham on Nov. 5" (PDF). The New York Times. October 31, 1924. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  23. ^ "MRS. RUTHERFURD WED IN CITY CHAPEL; Former Wife of John M. L. Rutherfurd Marries Charles F. Frothingham, Broker. CITY CLERK OFFICIATES Relatives of Union Club Member and His Bride Witness the Ceremony--Other Nuptials" (PDF). The New York Times. November 6, 1924. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  24. ^ "REMODELED HOUSE ON EAST SIDE SOLD; Owner of the Former Stimson Home on East 36th St. Buys Adjacent Parcel DWELLING IS LEASED Charles F. Frothingham Takes the Prince Residence in East Ninety-second Street". The New York Times. 9 October 1942. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  25. ^ "EDWARD W. C. ARNOLD". The New York Times. 8 February 1954. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  26. ^ "GEO. B. WAGSTAFF MARRIES. Weds Mrs. Dorothy Frothingham Arnold in Greenwich, Conn". The New York Times. 18 December 1921. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  27. ^ "Mrs. L.H. Feitner Wed To George B. Wagstaff; Ceremony Performed at Home of W.S. Webbs, Palm Beach" (PDF). The New York Times. 24 March 1940. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  28. ^ Times, Special to The New York (29 May 1956). "ROBERT ZIMMERMAN, EX-STOCKBROKER, 76". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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