Joseph Winterbotham

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| birth_date = {{birth year |1852}}

| birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, US

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| occupation = Businessman and art patron

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| spouse = Genevieve Baldwin

| children = 4, including Rue Winterbotham Carpenter

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Joseph Humphrey Winterbotham (1852-1925), was a Chicago manufacturer, bank director and Chicago Art Institute benefactor.{{cite web|url=http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6977|title=Archives Directory for the History of Collecting|author=|date=|website=research.frick.org|accessdate=11 June 2019}}

Early life

Joseph Humphrey Winterbotham was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1852.{{cite journal |last1=Delliquadri |first1=Lyn |title=A Living Tradition: The Winterbothams and Their Legacy |journal=Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=102–110 |publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago |jstor=4112959 |year=1994 |doi=10.2307/4112959 }}

Career

Winterbotham "organized no fewer than eleven corporations, including cooperage manufacture, moving and transfer, and mortgage financing".

Personal life

He married Genevieve Baldwin (1853-1906) of New Haven, Connecticut, and they had four children, including Rue Winterbotham Carpenter.

Their sons John and Joseph, Jr. were educated at Yale University, and their daughters, Rue and Genevieve, travelled to Europe.

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Category:1852 births

Category:1925 deaths

Category:People from Columbus, Ohio