Jedediah Hyde Lathrop (July 5, 1806 – November 23, 1889) was an American merchant.

Early life

Lathrop was born on July 5, 1806, in

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. He was a younger son of Lois ( Huntington) Lathrop (1765–1846) and Samuel Lathrop (1756–1821), a soldier in the Revolutionary War. A descendant of the

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John Lothropp, his paternal grandparents were Elisha Lathrop and Hannah ( Hough) Lathrop. His maternal grandparents were Theophelus Huntington and Lois ( Gifford) Huntington.

Career

In 1842, Lathrop was appointed by President

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to succeed George W. Clinton as the

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, serving in that position until 1845. He acquired a sizable fortune through stock investments, as well as banking associated with the

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. Following the

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of 1871, he made several large investments in Chicago real estate that greatly increased his wealth. Lathrop and his wife were strong unionists, and, in the leadup to the

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, the family left

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, to settle in

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, where his wife's brother,

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, had been living since 1852. They settled in the suburb of Cottage Hill, today's

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,Funigiello p. 25 where they built their "Huntington" estate in 1864, adjacent to Bryan's "Eagles Nest".

Personal life

In 1843, Lathrop was married to Mary Ann Bryan (1820–1893), a daughter of Virginia State Senator

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and Mary Thomas ( Barbour) Bryan (the daughter of

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and sister to Gov.

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and U.S. Representative and Supreme Court Justice Philip P. Barbour). Her brother was philanthropist

. Together, they were the parents of: * Bryan Lathrop (1844–1916), a real estate developer who married Helen Lynde Aldis, daughter of Asa Owen Aldis, in 1875. * Barbour Thomas Lathrop (1847–1927) * Caroline Huntington Lathrop (1853–1854), who died young. * Minna Byrd Lathrop (1857–1877), who died unmarried. * Florence Wentworth Lathrop (1858–1921), who married Henry Field, younger brother of

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, in 1879. After his death in 1890, she married

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, in 1893. Lathrop died on November 23, 1889, in Chicago, and was buried at

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References

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