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Their father Leonard Jerome began his love affair with the city in 1850, at the age of thirty-two, irresistibly drawn to a place where an ambitious young man could make his mark and his fortune. The company of other like-minded entrepreneurs, who gave themselves wholeheartedly to the pursuit of their dreams, was like a tonic to him.
Chapter 1. Leonard Jerome might be known to you. He certainly should be, grandfather as he was to one of the most famous men in history. And had but one of the many winds of his life shifted ever so slightly, his name would likely have tripped off nearly every tongue on earth or, conversely, it might have simply fallen like a chewing gum wrapper into a NYC gutter.
Leonard Jerome was the son of Aurora Murray and Isaac Jerome. Leonard was born November 3, 1817, on a farm in upstate Pompey Hills, New York, (near Syracuse), and went on to study law, graduating from Union College in Schenectady, New York.
22 de ene. de 2008 · Leonard Jerome had suffered a financial reversal and was not able to help out as much as he had previously. And there were still doweries to be given for his other two daughters, Clara the eldest who finally married Moreton Frewen and the youngest Leonie who married Sir John Leslie, an Irish aristrocrat (Paul McCartney was married at Leslie Castle which is still owned by the family).
Leonard Jerome’s imprint on American thoroughbred racing in the 19 th century — specifically on the prominent and prestigious New York scene — was enormous. Known as the “King of Wall Street,” Jerome was a flamboyant stock speculator, financier, and patron of the arts who became a powerful figure in the thoroughbred game as the driving force behind the conception of three major ...
Leonard Jerome was born in Pompey in Onondaga County, New York, on November 3, 1817. He was one of nine sons and one daughter born to Aurora ( née Murray) Jerome (1785–1867) and Isaac Jerome (1786–1866).
Sadly this particular house was demolished in 1955. I also found, and made copies of, several lengthy obituaries of Leonard Jerome himself. He passed away in Brighton, England, in March 1891. One of the obituaries called Leonard "A Typical New Yorker", and described his varied and colorful life and career: as a Gilded Age stockbroker, horse ...
