UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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James Henry Whitehouse, 1833-1924

Nationality: American
Date of Birth: 1833.10.27
Place of Birth: New York, NY
Date of Death: 1924.05.11
Place of Death: New York, NY

Identity:

He was the son of Edward Whitehouse and Julia Eliza Cammann. He married May Schenck, by whom he had five children.

Life:

He started working at the firm of Cammann and Whitehouse, stockbrokers, in Wall Street, at a young age. He became one of the partners in 1855 when the firm was reorganized under the title of Whitehouse, Son and Morrison. In later years the firm was renamed Whitehouse and Company.

Bibliography:

Alvak French, The History of Westchester County, New York, 1925, vol. 4, pp. 17-18.