Parents: Nathaniel and Cornelia Patterson (Van Rensselaer) Thayer.
Husband of : 1. Cornelia Street (Barroll) Thayer (married February 1, 1881 in Baltimore, Maryland), and 2. Pauline (Revere) Thayer (married June 11, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts).
Occupation: Banker
Nathaniel Thayer, (Harvard class of 1871) died at his home, 22 Fairfield street, Boston, yesterday morning after an illness of nearly two years. For many years Mr. Thayer was prominent in railroad and financial circles, national as well as local.
Nathaniel Thayer, a descendant of the family which in 1630 settled at Braintree, was born in Boston, June 13, 1851. After graduating from Harvard in 1871 he travelled abroad for two years, returning in 1874 to associate in business with his father, who five years previously had given Thayer Hall to the College. He was made president of the Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad Company in 1876 and since then has been the guiding power in numerous banks, railroads and business concerns. He was also a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1877 and again in 1879 he was a Democratic candidate for the legislature.
He was President of the Union Stock Yards Company of Chicago, a director of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and several other railroads, a director of the American Bell Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph, Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, Merchants' National Bank, New England Trust Company, Old Colony Trust Company, United States Steel, and numerous other companies. (Nathaniel Thayer Dead. New York Times, Mar. 22, 1911.) He was a trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation. (Local Matters. Fitchburg Sentinel, Feb. 6, 1885; Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 3, 1887.) Pauline Revere was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Revere 3d. She was a member of the Republican National Committee in 1924, "and was looked upon as advisor and confidante of both Presidents Coolidge and Hoover." Among many Boston chairities, her favorites included the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Husband of : 1. Cornelia Street (Barroll) Thayer (married February 1, 1881 in Baltimore, Maryland), and 2. Pauline (Revere) Thayer (married June 11, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts).
Occupation: Banker
Nathaniel Thayer, (Harvard class of 1871) died at his home, 22 Fairfield street, Boston, yesterday morning after an illness of nearly two years. For many years Mr. Thayer was prominent in railroad and financial circles, national as well as local.
Nathaniel Thayer, a descendant of the family which in 1630 settled at Braintree, was born in Boston, June 13, 1851. After graduating from Harvard in 1871 he travelled abroad for two years, returning in 1874 to associate in business with his father, who five years previously had given Thayer Hall to the College. He was made president of the Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad Company in 1876 and since then has been the guiding power in numerous banks, railroads and business concerns. He was also a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1877 and again in 1879 he was a Democratic candidate for the legislature.
He was President of the Union Stock Yards Company of Chicago, a director of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and several other railroads, a director of the American Bell Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph, Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, Merchants' National Bank, New England Trust Company, Old Colony Trust Company, United States Steel, and numerous other companies. (Nathaniel Thayer Dead. New York Times, Mar. 22, 1911.) He was a trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation. (Local Matters. Fitchburg Sentinel, Feb. 6, 1885; Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 3, 1887.) Pauline Revere was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Revere 3d. She was a member of the Republican National Committee in 1924, "and was looked upon as advisor and confidante of both Presidents Coolidge and Hoover." Among many Boston chairities, her favorites included the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Parents: Nathaniel and Cornelia Patterson (Van Rensselaer) Thayer.
Husband of : 1. Cornelia Street (Barroll) Thayer (married February 1, 1881 in Baltimore, Maryland), and 2. Pauline (Revere) Thayer (married June 11, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts).
Occupation: Banker
Nathaniel Thayer, (Harvard class of 1871) died at his home, 22 Fairfield street, Boston, yesterday morning after an illness of nearly two years. For many years Mr. Thayer was prominent in railroad and financial circles, national as well as local.
Nathaniel Thayer, a descendant of the family which in 1630 settled at Braintree, was born in Boston, June 13, 1851. After graduating from Harvard in 1871 he travelled abroad for two years, returning in 1874 to associate in business with his father, who five years previously had given Thayer Hall to the College. He was made president of the Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad Company in 1876 and since then has been the guiding power in numerous banks, railroads and business concerns. He was also a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1877 and again in 1879 he was a Democratic candidate for the legislature.
He was President of the Union Stock Yards Company of Chicago, a director of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and several other railroads, a director of the American Bell Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph, Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, Merchants' National Bank, New England Trust Company, Old Colony Trust Company, United States Steel, and numerous other companies. (Nathaniel Thayer Dead. New York Times, Mar. 22, 1911.) He was a trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation. (Local Matters. Fitchburg Sentinel, Feb. 6, 1885; Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 3, 1887.) Pauline Revere was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Revere 3d. She was a member of the Republican National Committee in 1924, "and was looked upon as advisor and confidante of both Presidents Coolidge and Hoover." Among many Boston chairities, her favorites included the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Husband of : 1. Cornelia Street (Barroll) Thayer (married February 1, 1881 in Baltimore, Maryland), and 2. Pauline (Revere) Thayer (married June 11, 1887 in Boston, Massachusetts).
Occupation: Banker
Nathaniel Thayer, (Harvard class of 1871) died at his home, 22 Fairfield street, Boston, yesterday morning after an illness of nearly two years. For many years Mr. Thayer was prominent in railroad and financial circles, national as well as local.
Nathaniel Thayer, a descendant of the family which in 1630 settled at Braintree, was born in Boston, June 13, 1851. After graduating from Harvard in 1871 he travelled abroad for two years, returning in 1874 to associate in business with his father, who five years previously had given Thayer Hall to the College. He was made president of the Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad Company in 1876 and since then has been the guiding power in numerous banks, railroads and business concerns. He was also a member of the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1877 and again in 1879 he was a Democratic candidate for the legislature.
He was President of the Union Stock Yards Company of Chicago, a director of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and several other railroads, a director of the American Bell Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph, Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, Merchants' National Bank, New England Trust Company, Old Colony Trust Company, United States Steel, and numerous other companies. (Nathaniel Thayer Dead. New York Times, Mar. 22, 1911.) He was a trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital Corporation. (Local Matters. Fitchburg Sentinel, Feb. 6, 1885; Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 3, 1887.) Pauline Revere was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Revere 3d. She was a member of the Republican National Committee in 1924, "and was looked upon as advisor and confidante of both Presidents Coolidge and Hoover." Among many Boston chairities, her favorites included the Massachusetts General Hospital.
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