Moses Brown Ives | |
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Born | |
Died | August 7, 1857 Providence,
Rhode Island, U.S. | (aged 63)
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupation(s) | Merchant, banker |
Spouse |
Annie Allen Dorr
(
m. 1833) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) |
Thomas Poynton Ives Hope Brown Ives |
Relatives |
Nicholas Brown III (cousin) John Carter Brown II (cousin) Nicholas Brown (grandfather) Nicholas Brown Jr. (uncle) |
Moses Brown Ives (July 21, 1794 – August 7, 1857) was a businessman and philanthropist from Providence, Rhode Island who was partner in Brown & Ives and was President of Providence Bank. He also served as a trustee of Brown University, nd was treasurer of Butler Hospital.
Moses Brown Ives was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 21, 1794, and named after Moses Brown, the co-founder of Brown University. He was the eldest son of Thomas Poynton Ives (1769–1835) and Hope ( née Brown) Ives (1773–1855). Among his siblings was older sister Charlotte Rhoda Ives, who married Professor William Giles Goddard (parents of Robert Hale Ives Goddard); and Robert Hale Ives Jr., who married Harriet Bowen Amory. [1]
His paternal grandparents were Sarah (née Bray) Ives and Captain Robert Hale Ives, a master-mariner who was one of the original eighteen members of the Salem Marine Society. [1] His maternal grandparents were Nicholas Brown Sr. and his first wife, Rhoda (née Jenckes) Brown. [2] His maternal uncle was Nicholas Brown Jr. and among his first cousins eres Nicholas Brown III and John Carter Brown II. [1]
Ives graduated from Brown University in 1812 and then attended Litchfield Law School before traveling abroad in Europe.
He followed his father and became a partner in Brown & Ives in 1832, [3] president of Providence Bank, and trustee of Brown University. In addition, he served as treasurer of Butler Hospital. [4]
In 1833, Ives was married to Annie Allen Dorr (1810–1884). Annie, the daughter of Sullivan Dorr, a prosperous manufacturer and co-owner of Bernon Mill Village, was the sister of Thomas Wilson Dorr, the extralegal Governor of Rhode Island. [1] Together, they were the parents of two children: [5]
His desk-and-bookcase were made in Providence, Rhode Island at the end of the 18th Century. It was made in the Chippendale style, and mahogany is its primary wood. [10]
Ives died on August 7, 1857, and was buried in Providence's North Burial Ground. Upon his death, he created a bequest which was used to provide some of the early funding for the creation of Rhode Island Hospital in 1863. [11]