James Hampden Robb (1846-1911)

J. Hampden Robb, Merchant Banker & New York State Senator

He was born at Philadelphia and was educated in Europe and at Harvard (1866). Settling in New York City, he was a merchant banker and became a Member of the New York State Senate and General Assembly. He was Commissioner of the Niagara Falls Reservation; Commissioner & President of the Department of Parks, New York City; and, Vice-President of the Union Club. He belonged to the Southern, Geographical, Historical, Art, Sculpture & Archaeology Societies. He lived between his Stanford White-designed mansion at 23 Park Avenue (see images) and "The Dolphins" at Southampton, L.I. He married Cornelia, daughter of Nathaniel Thayer and had 5-children.

Parents

James Robb

Banker, Utilities & Railroad President, of New Orleans, Louisiana

1814-1881

Louisa (Werninger) Robb

Mrs Louisa (Werninger) Robb

1808-1855

Spouse

Cornelia (Thayer) Robb

Mrs Cornelia Van Rensselaer (Thayer) Robb

1849-1903

Children

Nathaniel Thayer Robb

Nathaniel Thayer Robb, of New York City & Southampton, Long Island

1870-1907

James Hampden Robb, Jr.

Captain J. Hampden Robb, U.S. Army, of Bridgehampton, Long Island

b.1871

Cornelia (Robb) Downs

Mrs Cornelia Van Rensselaer (Robb) Downs

1874-1934

Louisa (Robb) Livingston

Mrs Louisa (Robb) Livingston

1877-1960

Harriet Bayard Robb

Died in early adulthood, unmarried, at 23 Park Avenue, New York

1881-1910