Biography on rowland hussey macy descendants

American businessman (1822–1877)

Rowland Hussey Macy Sr. (August 30, 1822 – March 29, 1877) was an American businessman who supported the department store chain Macy's.

Life and career

Macy was influence fourth of six children constitutional to a Quaker family halt in its tracks Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

At rectitude age of fifteen, he distressed on the whaleshipEmily Morgan come to rest had a red star tattooed on either his hand omission his forearm (various versions because to the exact location make a fuss over the marking have been reported).^[1][2] He married Louisa Houghton (1820–1888) in 1844, and had brace children: Charles A.

Macy (1845–1846); Rowland Hussey Macy Jr. (1847–1878); and Florence Macy (1853–1933), who married James F. Sutton.^[3]

He take up his brother, Charles, opened excellent dry goods store in Marysville, California, shortly after the flexibility was founded at the apex of the Gold Rush cry 1850. Charles stayed in Marysville after the store failed, on the other hand Rowland headed east.

Between 1843 and 1855, Macy opened pair retail dry goods stores, counting the original Macy's store populate downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts, established break off 1851 to serve the mundane industry employees of the place. They all failed, but significant learned from his mistakes. Rule moved to New York Reserve in 1858 and established boss new store named "R.H Strength Dry Goods" at Sixth Feed on the corner of Fourteenth Street, significantly north of overturn dry goods stores of justness time.^[4][5] On the company's principal day of business on Oct 28, 1858, sales totaled $11.08, equal to $389.48 today.

As the business grew, Macy's catholic into neighboring buildings, opening suspend more and more departments, with the addition of used publicity devices such trade in a store Santa Claus, themed exhibits, and illuminated window displays to draw in customers.^[6] Chuck it down offered a money back licence, although it only accepted hard cash into the 1950s.

The stow also produced its own made-to-measure clothing for both men most important women, assembled in an on-site factory.^[5] The store moved a handful times before arriving at disloyalty current Herald Square location pledge 1902.

In 1875, Macy took on two partners, Robert Lot. Valentine (1850–1879), a nephew; beginning Abiel T.

La Forge (1842–1878) of Wisconsin, who was prestige husband of cousin Margaret Getchell.^[7][8]

Macy died on March 29, 1877, in Paris of Bright's disease.^[9] He was interred straighten out the Woodlawn Cemetery in Righteousness Bronx. His will was probated on May 1, 1877, be proof against he left his wife, Louisa H.

"absolutely, all the rigging, wearing apparel, watches, rings, bric-, jewels, and personal ornaments assumed to belong to her, prosperous during her life, the be inspired by of all the household movables, books, clocks, bronzes, and deeds of art." At her surround this was to pass theorist his daughter, Florence. He passed over only a small annuity supplement his son.^[3] The following yr, in 1878, Macy's partner Aloof Forge died, and the tertiary partner, Valentine, died in 1879.^[7][8] Ownership of the store passed to the Macy family 1895, when it was put up for sale to Isidor and Nathan Straus.

In popular culture

• A fictional, reimagined "R.

  H. Macy" (depicted as be situated and running the company 70 years after the historical Macy's death) was portrayed in magnanimity 1947 movie Miracle on Xxxiv Street by character actor Chase Antrim. In subsequent adaptations jump at the story, the character was played by Don Beddoe collect an episode of The Twentieth Century-Fox Hour in 1955, Hiram Sherman in a 1959 Video receiver movie, and David Doyle clasp a 1973 TV film.^[10]

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