Name : Samuel Gamble Bayne
Occupation : banker
Born : Ulster, Ireland, Nov. 11, 1844
Died : Apr. 22, 1924
Parents : Son of Peter and Margaret Bayne
Education : Royal Academy School and Queens College, Belfast
Married : Emily Kelsey, of New York, Oct. 1874
Started business in office of Sir James Hamilton, Belfast; later linen manufacturer in Belfast until Mar.1869; came to U.S., went to oil regions, 1870; drilled many wells there; went around the world 1874-1875; started in banking business in Bradford, Pa, organizing First National Bank and becoming its first president; afterwards organizing national banks in Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, Minnesota and Ohio; organized Seaboard National Bank, 1883, now chairman of the board; president Atlas Improvement Company, Riverside Drive Property Association, New York; Produce Exchange Safe Deposit and Storage Company; director Bankers Trust Company.
Club : New York Athletic
Author : Pith of Astronomy, 1896; On an Irish Jaunting Car Through Donegal and Connemara, 1902; Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel, 1909
Home : White Plains, New York and 853 Seventh Avenue
Office : 18 Broadway, New York, New York
~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 348.
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