Leroy Milton Yale Jr. (1841 – 1906) was a medical doctor and surgeon from New York, cofounder and first president of the
New York Etching Club
The New York Etching Club, formally New York Etchers Club, was one of the earliest professional organization in America devoted to the medium of etching. Its founders were inspired by the Etching revival that had blossomed in France and England in ...
. He was a member of the
Social Register
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and wrote several of books and articles on medicine and
etching
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. He also joined the
Century Association
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as an artist, introducing various members to the club, and actively promoted the print department of the
New York Public Library
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.
Early life

Leroy Milton Yale Jr. was born February 12, 1841, in
Holmes Hole
Vineyard Haven is a community within the town of Tisbury, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard. It is listed as a census-designated place (CDP) by the U.S. Census Bureau with a population of 2,114 as of the 2010 census.
The area was ...
,
Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in the Northeastern United States, located south of Cape Cod in Dukes County, Massachusetts, known for being a popular, affluent summer colony. Martha's Vineyard includes th ...
, to Dr. Leroy Milton Yale Sr. and Maria Allen Luce, members of the
Yale family
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the worl ...
.
His father was the doctor of Martha's Vineyard, graduating from
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools ...
, and cofounded, with Captain Bradley, Martha's Vineyard
Shipyard
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, named the South Wharf Company at the time.
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Yale Family Collection and Artwork Collection, Woods Hole Museum, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1802-2009. The L.M. Yale
schooner
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was named in his honor by the
shipbuilder
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s, which was sent in 1849 to
San Francisco
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for the
California Gold Rush, never to return.
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Martha's Vineyard Magazine, Tom Dunlop, May 1, 2006
His uncle
Burrage Yale
Burrage Yale (1781 – 1860) was an American tin ware manufacturer and Justice of the Peace from Wakefield, Massachusetts. He was the town treasurer and the largest employer in the city. He gave his name to Yale Avenue and Yale Fire Station. H ...
was a wealthy
tin ware
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manufacturer, and father of Burrage Buchanan Yale, cofounder of
Lamson, Goodnow & Yale, a major gun-machine manufacturer and producer of
Springfields Model 1861 for
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
during the
American Civil War
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. He was a cousin of Col.
Frank L. Yale, abolitionist
Barnabas Yale
Barnabas Yale (1784 – 1854) was an American abolitionist attorney, vice-president and cofounder of the Central New-York Anti-Slavery Society, part of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He petitioned Congress in 1838 for the abolition of slave ...
and Yale Lock inventor
Linus Yale Sr.
Linus Yale (27 April 1797 – 8 August 1858) was an American inventor, manufacturer of bank locks, and 1st Mayor of Newport, New York. His patents were signed by President Andrew Jackson. His son, Linus Yale Jr., would later found the Prem ...
, and more distantly, of Rev.
Elisha Yale
Reverend Elisha Yale (1780 – 1853) was an American clergyman and pastor, first Minister (Christianity), minister of the Congregational church of Gloversville, New York. He founded the Kingsborough Academy, now the Fulton County Historical Soci ...
and Col. Braddam Yale, family of
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Lorenzo Da Ponte (; 10 March 174917 August 1838) was an Italian, later American, opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's most celebrated operas: '' The Ma ...
and Commodore
Issac Chauncey
Isaac Chauncey (February 20, 1772 – January 27, 1840) was an American naval officer in the United States Navy who served in the Quasi-War, The Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. In the latter part of his naval career he was President of th ...
.
He was also related to Col.
Ira Yale Sage
Colonel Ira Yale Sage (1848–1908) was an American civil engineer, railroad magnate and promoter in Georgia, who became President of the Atlanta and Florida Railway. He was an early investor in the Southern Pacific Railroad and built its first ...
, a railroad builder.
His sisters Sarah S. B. Yale and Albina Yale married with the Carey and Dunham Fish shipping families, who owned the Carey, Yale & Lambert
Steamship company on
South Street Seaport
The South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of Manhattan, centered where Fulton Street meets the East River, and adjacent to the Financial District, in Lower Manhattan. The Seaport is a designated historic district ...
, Manhattan.
Yale Jr. was also the uncle of Maria Yale Fish, who married a Mr. Morse, and travelled to Europe during her youth, meeting with
Miss Vanderbilt's daughter, an acquaintance, at the
Randolph Hotel in Oxford. Her grandson Carey Yale Morse was a resident of
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich (, ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast (Conne ...
, and a member of the
Indian Harbor Yacht Club
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and
New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. ...
. He graduated from
Yale
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
and worked for
American Water Works
American Water is an American public utility company that, through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states serving a po ...
of New York.
The Carey/Yale/Dunham Fish families were proprietors of the Harbor House Hotel,
Quissett Harbor, in
Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer mon ...
. Notable guests have included the family of
Charles Lindbergh
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and socialite
Alice Roosevelt
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, daughter of U.S. President
Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
.
Yale was also an in-law of Col. James M. Lewis, who owned two hotels next door, the Hammond-Chadwick and Jenkins houses. Through his aunt Lucy Yale, Yale was a member of the family of railroad millionaire
Chester W. Chapin
Chester William Chapin (December 16, 1798 – June 10, 1883) was an American businessman, president of the Boston and Albany Railroad from 1868 to 1878, and U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was a multimillionaire at his death in 1883, an ...
, a Congressman whose son owned a 20,000 acres estate in New York state.
Career
Leroy Milton Yale, Jr. graduated from
Columbia College Columbia College may refer to one of several institutions of higher education in North America:
Canada
* Columbia College (Alberta), in Calgary
* Columbia College (British Columbia), a two-year liberal arts institution in Vancouver
* Columbia In ...
in 1862 and from
Bellevue Medical School
Bellevue Hospital (officially NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and formerly known as Bellevue Hospital Center) is a hospital in New York City and the oldest public hospital in the United States. One of the largest hospitals in the United States b ...
in 1866, graduating with mention from his class.
He practiced medicine in New York City from 1866 to 1906. Yale worked as a doctor first on New York's
Blackwell's Island
Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to the east. Running from the equivalent of East 46th to 8 ...
, later renamed
Roosevelt Island
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. The complex of buildings on the island included the
Charity Hospital
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Giving
* Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons
* Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing
* Ch ...
, a work house, a penitentiary, a female alms house and the
New York City Lunatic Asylum
The Octagon, built in 1834, is a historic octagonal building and attached apartment block complex located at 888 Main Street on Roosevelt Island in New York City. It originally served as the main entrance to the New York City Mental Health Hospit ...
. During his first summer there he struggled with a
cholera epidemic
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, and was admired for his handling of the situation.
He started being a
lecturer on
obstetrics
Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surg ...
, his specialty being in
pediatrics.
He was surgeon to
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue Hospital (officially NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and formerly known as Bellevue Hospital Center) is a hospital in New York City and the oldest public hospital in the United States. One of the largest hospitals in the United States b ...
,
Charity Hospital
Charity may refer to:
Giving
* Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons
* Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing
* Ch ...
of Roosevelt Island, and
Presbyterian Hospital on Park Avenue.
For many years Yale was a lecturer at Bellevue Hospital, and in 1870, was in the medical department of the
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...
.
In 1872, with a group of academics and private dentists, they submitted a petition to
Congress
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to urge the appointment of dental surgeons at the academies, resulting in the Townsend Bill of 1872 introduced by Congressman
Dwight Townsend
Dwight Townsend (September 26, 1826 – October 29, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in New York City, Townsend was educated at Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School. He worked in the sugar refining business, and was ...
of New York.
The bill's objective was to create professorships of dental surgery at
West Point
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Military Academy and
US Naval Academy
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, but the bill was later rejected by the Secretary of War,
William W. Belknap
William Worth Belknap (September 22, 1829 – October 12, 1890) was a lawyer, soldier in the Union Army, government administrator in Iowa, and the 30th United States Secretary of War, serving under President Ulysses S. Grant. Belknap was impea ...
, after communications with Colonel
Thomas Ruger of West Point about its need. His sisters’ marriages brought him to
Quissett, Massachusetts
Falmouth ( ) is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,517 at the 2020 census, making Falmouth the second-largest municipality on Cape Cod after Barnstable. The terminal for the Steamship Authority ferrie ...
, on
Cape Cod
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, having married Stephen W. Carey and Thomas Dunham Fish, who owned a shipping firm in New York.
The whole family stayed in the Quissett Harbor House during the 1870s and 1880s. In 1890, the Careys built a large house near the Harbor House hotel and across Quissett Harbor from Thomas Dunham Fish's homestead.
They sold a large piece of land behind their house to Dr. Yale. His home, named the ”Barnacle”, was built in 1892, and it overlooked the vast scene of
Buzzards Bay
Buzzards Bay is a bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is approximately 28 miles (45 kilometers) long by 8 miles (12 kilometers) wide. It is a popular destination for fishing, boating, and tourism. Since 1 ...
, often acting as an inspiration for his art, etching and photography. Yale was co-editor of the Medical Gazette and medical journals, and wrote various works including "Nursery Problems," 1893; "The Century Book of Mothers;" "Phimosis," 1877; "The Mechanical Treatment of Chronic Diseases of the Hip-joints," 1878; "Remarks on Excision of the Hip," 1885; "The Diagnosis of Early Hip-joint Disease from Rheumatism, Neuralgia and So-called 'Growing-pains,'" 1893.
[American Medical Biographies (1920)](_blank)
Yale, LeRoy Milton, Davina Waterson, Howard A. Kelly & Walter L. Burrage, 1920
Dr. Yale wrote and authored two books on pediatrics.
He also often traveled to eastern Canada for salmon fishing, and was described as a true American "
Renaissance man
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".
He did considerable editorial work on various medical periodicals and on a hygienic journal named "Babyhood", in addition to some literary work outside of his profession, and some art work as well, especially in
etching
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other type ...
.
He gained a distinct reputation in etching, actively promoting the practice of the art, and promoting the success of the print department of the
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second largest public library in the United States (behind the Library of Congress) ...
.
His home "Barnacle" was eventually demolished and replaced by a contemporary house built by Dr. McGowan, and the workshop was preserved with its etching content, becoming a museum.
Etching Club

On May 2, 1877, he cofounded with artists
Robert Swain Gifford
Robert Swain Gifford (December 23, 1840 – January 15, 1905) was an American landscape painter. He was influenced by the Barbizon school.
Early life and education
Gifford was born on Nonamesset Island, in the Elizabeth Islands, When he was 2 ...
and
James David Smillie
James David Smillie (January 16, 1833 – September 15, 1909) was an American artist, cofounder of the American Watercolor Society and New York Etching Club. His brother was painter George Henry Smillie.
Biography
James David Smillie was born ...
the
New York Etching Club
The New York Etching Club, formally New York Etchers Club, was one of the earliest professional organization in America devoted to the medium of etching. Its founders were inspired by the Etching revival that had blossomed in France and England in ...
, and became its first president.
Inspired by the
Etching revival
The etching revival was the re-emergence and invigoration of etching as an original form of printmaking during the period approximately from 1850 to 1930. The main centres were France, Britain and the United States, but other countries, such as t ...
in Europe, they founded the club to promote
etching
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other type ...
s in the United States. His etchings are held in a special collection at the New York Public Library, and many are featured at the
Metropolitan Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...
of Art in New York.
White Chute, Nipigon River, Ontario
Leroy Milton Yale American, Published by New York Etching Club American, 1886
A prominent club member at the time was architect Charles A. Platt
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Early career P ...
, who built Astor Court
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The first permanent cultural exchange between the U.S. a ...
for Vincent Astor
William Vincent Astor (November 15, 1891 – February 3, 1959) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and member of the prominent Astor family.
Early life
Called Vincent, he was born in New York City on November 15, 1891. Astor was the el ...
, Villa Turicum for Edith Rockefeller
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She and her husband Harold Fowler McCormick were prominent in Chicago society, supporting many ...
, and Memorial House
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for Sara Delano Roosevelt
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. Other members included artists Thomas Moran
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, painter of The Three Tetons
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, now in the Oval Office
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The oval-shaped ro ...
at the White House
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, Samuel Colman
Samuel Colman (March 4, 1832 – March 26, 1920) was an American painter, interior designer, and writer, probably best remembered for his paintings of the Hudson River.
Life and career
Born in Portland, Maine, Colman moved to New York City ...
, partner of Louis Comfort Tiffany
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and designer of Mark Twain
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's home, and William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849October 25, 1916) was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons School of Design ...
, founder of the New York School of Art
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.
Yale was a member of the Century Association
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, a gentlemen's club in Manhattan.[Leroy M. Yale, Physcian/Artist](_blank)
Century Association Biographical Archive, Earliest Members of the Century Association, Centurion, 1870-1906. His adhesion to the club was proposed by Secretary of the Erie Railroad
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, Augustus Rodney Macdonough
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Early life
Macdonough was born on November 20, 1820, at Middletown in Middlesex ...
, son of Commodore Macdonough, and by General George Sears Greene
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. He introduced various members to the club, including Walter Cook, architect of Andrew Carnegie Mansion
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and New York Life Insurance Building, Montreal
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, physiologist Graham Lusk
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, son of William Thompson Lusk
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, President of Bellevue Hospital Medical College
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, Ehrick Rossiter
Ehrick Kensett Rossiter (September 14, 1854 – October 14, 1941) was an American architect known for the country homes he designed.[Orville Hitchcock Platt
Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...]
, and Lewis A. Conner, chief of the New York Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center (previously known as New York Hospital or Old New York Hospital or City Hospital) is a research hospital in New York City. It is part of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and the teaching hospital for Cornell University. ...
medical service. Dr. Leroy Milton Yale was also a member of the Social Register
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of New York.[Social register, New York](_blank)
1900. Social Register Association, Library of Congress, p. 471
Death
Yale died at his summer home "Barnacle" with his family in Quissett, Massachusetts
Falmouth ( ) is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,517 at the 2020 census, making Falmouth the second-largest municipality on Cape Cod after Barnstable. The terminal for the Steamship Authority ferrie ...
, on September 12, 1906.
He lived at 432 Madison Avenue
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, New York, and was married in 1881 to Julia Meriam Stetson, daughter of Harvard lawyer Thomas Meriam Stetson, from the firm Eliot, Pittman & Stetson, with Senator Charles Henry Warren
Charles Henry Warren (September 29, 1798—June 29, 1874) was a Massachusetts attorney, politician and judge who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate in 1853.
Biography
Warren was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts on September 29, 1798, ...
and Congressman Thomas D. Eliot
Thomas Dawes Eliot (March 20, 1808 – June 14, 1870), was a Senator and Congressman of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and a member of the prominent Eliot family.
Life and career
Eliot was born on March 20, 1 ...
as partners.[Stetson Kindred of America](_blank)
Biographical Sketches, Historical Papers, 1907, p. 23
Her mother was Caroline Dawes Eliot, daughter of Congressman Eliot, and were members of the Boston Brahmin Eliot family Eliot family may refer to:
* Eliot family (America)
* Eliot family (South England)
**Earl of St Germans, subsidiary title Baron Eliot
See also
*Elliot
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. Mrs. Yale's granduncle was William Greenleaf Eliot
William Greenleaf Eliot (August 5, 1811 – January 23, 1887) was an American educator, Unitarian minister, and civic leader in Missouri. He is most notable for founding Washington University in St. Louis, and also contributed to the foundin ...
, cofounder of Washington University in St. Louis
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, member of the family of poet T.S. Eliot
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and Chief Judge William Cranch
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, nephew of U.S. President John Adams
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and cousin of John Quincy Adams
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.
They had three children together; Caroline Stetson Yale, born Jun 19, 1883, Leroy Milton Yale, born September 11, 1886, and Juliam Meriam Yale, born April 5, 1892.
Leroy Milton Yale Jr. was also the uncle of Mary Valentine Yale, who married to Capt. Eugene V. N. Bissell, of the family of shipping magnate Edgar F. Luckenbach
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. Their daughter, Mary Valentine Yale Bissell, married her third cousin, real estate millionaire Pelham St. George Bissell, grandson of oil industrialist George H. Bissell, founder of the American oil industry, and competitor of John D. Rockefeller
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, the Nobels and the Rothschilds
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of France.
Gallery
A Residence on Fifth Avenue, Leroy Milton Yale, 1877.jpg
Leroy Milton Yale Etching.jpg
The Old Bridge, Merrimac River, Newburyport, Leroy Milton Yale, 1887.jpg
LEROY MILTON YALE, Massachusetts, 1841-1906, Dock scene., Ink and gouache, 8.5 x 14 sight.jpg
References
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1841 births
1906 deaths
American physicians
American etchers
Columbia University alumni
American artists
People from Martha's Vineyard
People from New York City
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