Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Samuel Bancroft Jr.
Merchant
Centurion, 1897–1915
Proposed by
George Haven Putnam and Thomas B. Clarke
George Haven Putnam and Thomas B. Clarke
born
January 21, 1840
Rockford, Delaware
Rockford, Delaware
died
April 22, 1915
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
elected
March 6, 1897
Age fifty-seven
Age fifty-seven
buried
Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery,
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington, Delaware
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 9, Leaf 14
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Century Memorial
Samuel Bancroft, Jr., amateur and collector of paintings, and a public-spirited citizen of Wilmington, Delaware, where he was devoted to the welfare of his city. He was an owner and manager of cotton mills, the chief proprietor of the Wilmington Every Evening, and at one time active in politics.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1916 Century Association Yearbook
