Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
George Winthrop Folsom
Lawyer/Art Connoisseur
Centurion, 1881–1915
Proposed by
Henry D. Sedgwick and J. Hampden Robb
Henry D. Sedgwick and J. Hampden Robb
born
August 20, 1846
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
March 29, 1915
Washington, District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia
elected
April 2, 1881
Age thirty-four
Age thirty-four
buried
Church on the Hill Cemetery,
Lenox, Massachusetts
Lenox, Massachusetts
Archivist’s Notes
Son of George Folsom
Century Memorial
George Winthrop Folsom, sprung from a distinguished colonial family, was born to wealth. He discharged with quiet conscientiousness the duties, small and great, of his position. As the owner of an estate at Lenox where he resided, he took part in the affairs of the town and the Episcopal church, even as in New York he had been a faithful manager of the House of Refuge. Trained to the law, circumstances made him the manager of estates, in which capacity he evinced the soundest judgment. This modest gentleman had also a gift for society and hospitality.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1916 Century Association Yearbook
