Augustus Lefebvre Revere (1861-1910) was an American financier, banker, stock broker, and civic leader from Morristown, New Jersey.[1] He was a member of the Morristown Club, the Morristown Golf Club, the Morristown Field Club, and the Washington Association of New Jersey, the Society of Colonial Wars, and the Memorial Day Association.[2]
Augustus Lefebvre Revere | |
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| Born | August 8, 1861 Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 1910 (aged 48) Sansay House, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Rood Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Banker, stock broker |
| Parent(s) | Joseph Warren Revere Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere |
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He was the son of Joseph Warren Revere,[3] and the great-grandson and "last [surviving] direct descendant" of Revolutionary War figure Paul Revere.[4][5]
Personal life
editAugustus Lefebvre Revere was born on August 8, 1861[6] (some sources say 1858[2]) in Morristown, New Jersey. His parents were Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere and General Joseph Warren Revere.[6]
Revere never married.[4]
Career and civic engagement
editCirca 1911, he was the local manager of New York stock and bond brokers Taylor, Auchincloss & Joost, presumably in Paterson, New Jersey.[7]
In 1891, Augustus Revere and his brother Paul Revere joined the Washington Association of New Jersey.[8] Circa 1897, they were non-resident members of the New York Reform Club.[9]
In 1899, he was a director of the Morristown Trust Co.[10]
Circa 1901, art collector and publisher William Loring Andrews sent a copy of his book Paul Revere and His Engraving to A. L. Revere. He thanked Revere for his kind letter and described how he enjoyed compiling his great-grandfather's artwork.[11]
In 1907, he was elected as Alderman, presumably of Morristown.[2]
Death and legacy
editOn May 20, 1910, he died of tuberculosis at his home, the historic Sansay House in Morristown.[4] He was serving his second term as Morristown Alderman when he died,[7][12] as well as being a vestryman at the Church of the Redeemer.[2]
Will
editUpon his 1910 death, Revere gave away $150,000 of his wealth (equivalent to $4.9 million in 2023).[12] He named the Morristown Trust Co. (where he was a director circa 1899) as the will's executor, probated by surrogate David Young.[12]
He left $25,000 to Morristown's Episcopal Church of the Redeemer as an endowment fund as well as an additional $25,000 for the erection of a new building.[12] He gave the Morristown Trust Company where he worked $20,000, "the income of which is to be paid to...Marie Amelia Revere, of Canton, Mass.," and "at her death $20,000...to be given to the Harvard University." The Harvard University grant was "to be known as the Revere Family Memorial Fund, and the income to be used for the purchase of books and plaster casts or other art objects for the use of the School of Architecture or for the assistance of needy students of the school."[13][14][15] Harvard received the money in 1913.[13]
He gave the Morristown Church of the Assumption $500 to continue building a wall around its cemetery "from its present terminus to the main gate on Whippany road."[12]
Revere granted all of the Sansay House's furniture and "bric-à-brac" to his surviving mother, Rosanna Duncan Lamb Revere.[12] He also left $1,000 to be divided among his servants.[12]
He gave the All Souls' Hospital in Morristown $10,000 as the Paul Revere Memorial Fund, to be used for the erection of a new building.[12] The hospital's president was his late brother, Paul Revere.[12] He donated $2,500 each to two charities: the Market Street Mission of Morristown and the Society for Providing Medical Attendance to the Worthy Poor of the Township of Morris.[12]
He gave the Morristown Trust Co. $6,000 to erect a granite and bronze flagpole base in the Morristown Green inscribed "Erected in memory of General Joseph Warren Revere," his father.[12] He also gave $1,000 for an oil portrait of his father to be placed in the New Jersey State House at Trenton.[12]
Later legacy
editIn the winter of 1996, Fosterfields Living Historical Farm hosted an interpretive exhibit wherein museum guests were given the roles of Caroline Foster's friends and other local millionaires while touring the Reveres' Willows mansion. One of these historical figures was Augustus Revere.[16]
References
edit- ^ VOGT BROS., COMPLETE Morris County New Jersey, DIRECTORY for 1897-1898 . Page 3 local Morristown advertisement of "A. L. Revere" that matches time period. 1898, published by Vogt. Bros.
- ^ a b c d Jersey, Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New (1911). Book of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey. p. 100.
- ^ Brown, William Mawbey (1900). Biographical, Genealogical and Descriptive History of the State of New Jersey. New Jersey Historical Publishing Company. p. 442.
- ^ a b c "A. L. REVERE DEAD. Last Direct Descendant of Man Who Made Famous Ride". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ Proceedings of the Brookline Historical Society at the Annual Meeting. The Society. 1911. p. 26.
- ^ a b Hughes, Thomas Patrick; Munsell, Frank (1890). http://docplayer.net/84299802-American-ancestry-giving-the-name-and-descent-in-the-male-line-americans-whose-ancestors-settled-in-the-united-states.html. American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A. D. 1776. Munsell. p. 41.
{{cite book}}:|chapter-url=missing title (help) - ^ a b "1911 advertisement of TAYLOR, AUCHINCLOSS & JOOST (lower right corner)" (PDF). Morris County Chronicle. 1911-01-10. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ Washington Association of New Jersey (1899). Charter and By-laws of the Washington Association of New Jersey. The Association. p. 17.
- ^ N.Y.), Reform Club (New York (1897). Reform Club; Officers and Committees, Members, Constitution, By-Laws, Rules.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1899-01-13). "The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, January 13, 1899, Image 5". Near bottom right. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "HERITAGE Rare Books Auction". yumpu.com. Beverly Hills, California. October 8, 2014. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Undated newspaper clipping, “Mr. Revere's Bequests.” Fosterfields cabinet, Subject Research Files > Paul & Augustus Revere.
- ^ a b Harvard Alumni Bulletin. Harvard Bulletin, Incorporated. 1913. p. 36.
- ^ Michels (Journalist), John (1910). Science. Moses King. p. 949.
- ^ "Revere Memorial Founded | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ Hoskins, Rebecca. ""Is Miss Foster Receiving?"" (PDF). The Docent Educator. 6 (2): 16.