John Peters Stevens | |
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![]() Stevens in 1915 | |
Born | |
Died | November 27, 1929 | (aged 61)
Education | Phillips Academy |
Occupation | Business executive |
Spouse |
Edna Ten Broeck (
m. 1895) |
Children | Robert |
John Peters Stevens (February 2, 1868 – October 27, 1929) was the CEO of the J. P. Stevens Textile Corporation. He was the president of Cotton Merchants' Association and Woolen Manufacturers' Association. [1] [2]
Stevens was born on February 2, 1868, in North Andover, Massachusetts, to Horace Nathaniel Stevens (1837–1876) and Susan Elizabeth ( née Peters) Stevens (1835–1871). He was the seventh generation descendant of John Stevens, who came to the United States in 1638. [1] His paternal grandfather was Nathaniel Stevens (1786–1865). His uncles were U.S. Representative Charles Abbot Stevens (1816–1892), Moses Tyler Stevens (1825–1907), and George Stevens (1832–1871).
He attended Phillips Academy, Andover. [1]
After leaving Philips, he entered the dry goods commission business in Boston with Faulkner, Page & Co. [2]
In 1899, he established J.P. Stevens Textile Corporation in New York. [2] He was the president of Cotton Merchants' Association and Woolen Manufacturers' Association, a director of the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, the Plainfield Trust Company, M. T. Stevens & Sons Company, Stevens Linen Works, Arragon Baldwin Cotton Mills, Watts Mills, Duneen Mills, the Lawrence Manufacturing Company, and other textile companies. [1]
A Republican, he served as an alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey in 1920. [3]
On February 12, 1895, married Edna Ten Broeck (1874–1964), the daughter of Rensselaer Ten Broeck (1838–1918) and Phebe (née Wilson) Ten Broeck (1846–1916). Together, they had three sons: [1] [4]
He died on October 27, 1929, in Plainfield, New Jersey. [1]