Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
William Fahnestock
Banker
Centurion, 1894–1936
Proposed by
Gustav H. Schwab and Howard Mansfield
Gustav H. Schwab and Howard Mansfield
born
September 2, 1857
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
died
July 5, 1936
Katonah, New York
Katonah, New York
elected
June 2, 1894
Age thirty-six
Age thirty-six
buried
Woodlawn Cemetery,
Bronx, New York
Bronx, New York
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Archivist’s Notes
Son of Harris C. Fahnestock
Century Memorial
William Fahnestock’s Wall Street career was marked out by inheritance. His father [Harris C. Fahnestock], another Centurion, had served with George F. Baker in the conducting of the First National Bank when the institution stood so effectively behind Secretary Sherman, in the struggle for resumption of specie payments that, in the political vocabulary of the day, the bank was long nicknamed “Fort Sherman.” Our later Fahnestock devoted his energies to Stock Exchange activities; he was the oldest living member of that organization, for membership in which he had qualified thirty-six years ago.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1937 Century Association Yearbook
