Charles Stetson (1796 - 1872)

Born 2 Oct 1796 in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Ritchie (Vose) Stetson — married 16 Nov 1823 in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Died 27 Mar 1872 at age 75 in New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Charles was born in 1796. He is the 2nd Child and son of David Stetson and Sarah Lapham ^[1].

Marriage

Married Rebecca Ritchie Vose of Stamford, Connecticut ^[2] daughter of Col Robert Vose of Revolutionary (war) fame. There where no children ^[3]

Occupation

• Commission Merchant in New Orleans, Louisiana
• President of the Ohio Life and Trust Company
• Position in the New York Custom House

According to O.F. Stetson: He was spoken of as a man of conspicuous wealth and importance; a lover of music and art and for a long time President of the American Art Union; a man of the highest social position. Late life by the defalcation of a partner, Mr. Stetson lost his estate and from an annual income of $40,000 became comparatively poor. He graciously and cheerfully accepted a position in the New York Custom House where he remained until his death at age 76.

Death

Died in March 1872 at New York City.

• Stetson Kindred Genealogical Index: 1-1-2-1-2-11-2

Sources

1. ↑ Stetson: Vol. 1, no. 3, Page 27
2. ↑ Vose: Page 184
3. ↑ Stetson: Vol. 1, no. 3, Page 138

• Stetson, O.F., Ed (and others) Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933, 1956, 2008)

Vose, Ellen. Robert Vose and His Descendants (Boston, Mass., 1932)