Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
William G. Breese
Merchant (Grocer)
Centurion, 1855–1861
Proposed by
Benjamin R. Winthrop
Benjamin R. Winthrop
born
March 26, 1815
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
June 15, 1861
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
January 6, 1855
Age thirty-nine
Age thirty-nine
buried
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Bronx, New York
Bronx, New York
Century Memorial
The memory of William G. Breese and Henry [sic: Charles] A. Clinton is connected with those earlier days of the association, in which they were actively devoted to it, rather than with the later time in which they were infrequent though always welcome visitors. The name and presence of the latter will always be recalled to us by the portrait of his distinguished father [Governor DeWitt Clinton], which was his gift.
Augustus R. Macdonough
Annual Meeting Minutes, 11 January 1862
