James A. Roosevelt

James Alfred Roosevelt (June 13, 1825 – July 15, 1898) was an American businessman and philanthropist. A member of the Oyster Bay side of the Roosevelt family, he was an uncle of President Theodore Roosevelt.

Career Roosevelt became a member of his father's mercantile firm, Roosevelt & Son, at the age of 20, and eventually succeeded him as its head. He was connected with many other institutions, including vice president of the Chemical Bank of New York, president of the Broadway Improvement Company, vice president of the Bank of Savings, member of the board of managers of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and director of the New York Life Insurance Trust.

He was a trustee to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children and on the New York Board of Park Commissioners during the William Lafayette Strong Administration.

Mary Emlen Roosevelt (1848–1885) Leila Roosevelt (1850–1934), who married Edward Reeve Merritt (1850–1931). (James) Alfred Roosevelt (1856–1891), who married Katherine Lowell (1858–1925), a daughter of Augustus Lowell, in 1882.

Descendants Through his son, Alfred, he was the grandfather of Elfrida Roosevelt, who married Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet, and was the mother of Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet.