Charles Roome

Charles Roome (August 4, 1812 – June 28, 1890)

His paternal grandparents were Rachel (née De Groot) Roome and Peter Roome, a descendant of William Jansen Roome, He led the 37th New York for the entire war and for "faithful and meritorious service", he was brevetted Brigadier General of the U.S. Volunteers by President Andrew Johnson on March 13, 1865. In 1879, he was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York. Roome, a Knights Templar, was "exalted a Royal Arch Mason in Jerusalem Chapter No. 8, Royal Arch Masons in May of 1866 and served as High Priest in 1882 and 1883." He also served as Royal Arch Grand Master from 1886 to 1889.

Personal life Roome was twice married. In 1836, he married his first wife, Anna Catherine Wheeler, the daughter of Hezekiah Wheeler. Together, they were the parents of three children, including:

Emilie Frances Roome (1838–1866), who married Theodore Weld Parmele (1833–1893), grandson of Judge Jonas Platt, in 1870. After her death, Theodore remarried to Mary Platt, his cousin and the daughter of Zephaniah Platt. Anna Catherine Roome, who married Louis V. Sutherland in 1867. the daughter of Ann Maria Olcott and Richard Isaac Wells, on June 2, 1857. Mary and Charles were the parents of two more children, including:

Claudius Monell Roome (1860–1920), a Columbia University graduate and Reverend. He married Mary Flocton Crocker, daughter of Eugene Crocker. William Harris Roome (b. 1861), a Columbia University graduate and lawyer. He married Louise George.

Roome died of bronchitis and pneumonia at his home, 29 West 52nd Street in New York on June 28, 1890. After a funeral service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, he was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Descendants Through his daughter Emily, he was the grandfather of Charles Roome Parmele and Helen Livingston Parmele, who married siblings, Alice Butler and J. Holmes Butler.