Father: Dr. Sylvanus Poor 1768-1848
Mother: Mary Merrill 1781-1841
*"Henry Varnum Poor was the first Andover native to go to college, graduating from Bowdoin College in 1835. He then became an attorney specializing in railroads. In 1849, he became editor of a weekly technical publication, the American Railroad Journal. He thought American railroads had a great future, but financing them was very unscientific. So, he developed methods of rating railroad bonds and converted the journal from a technical focus to a financial focus. He eventually bought the publication, and became a very prominent New York publisher in the mid to late 1800's. He sold the publication when he retired, and his name is still highly respected on Wall Street. He is the "Poor" in Standard and Poor's."
*His great-grandson, Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.,
Biography, "Henry Varnum Poor, Business Editor, Analyst, and Reformer," Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass.,1956.
Mr. Poor is buried next to his Wife, Mary Wild Pierce Poor.
Mother: Mary Merrill 1781-1841
*"Henry Varnum Poor was the first Andover native to go to college, graduating from Bowdoin College in 1835. He then became an attorney specializing in railroads. In 1849, he became editor of a weekly technical publication, the American Railroad Journal. He thought American railroads had a great future, but financing them was very unscientific. So, he developed methods of rating railroad bonds and converted the journal from a technical focus to a financial focus. He eventually bought the publication, and became a very prominent New York publisher in the mid to late 1800's. He sold the publication when he retired, and his name is still highly respected on Wall Street. He is the "Poor" in Standard and Poor's."
*His great-grandson, Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.,
Biography, "Henry Varnum Poor, Business Editor, Analyst, and Reformer," Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass.,1956.
Mr. Poor is buried next to his Wife, Mary Wild Pierce Poor.
Father: Dr. Sylvanus Poor 1768-1848
Mother: Mary Merrill 1781-1841
*"Henry Varnum Poor was the first Andover native to go to college, graduating from Bowdoin College in 1835. He then became an attorney specializing in railroads. In 1849, he became editor of a weekly technical publication, the American Railroad Journal. He thought American railroads had a great future, but financing them was very unscientific. So, he developed methods of rating railroad bonds and converted the journal from a technical focus to a financial focus. He eventually bought the publication, and became a very prominent New York publisher in the mid to late 1800's. He sold the publication when he retired, and his name is still highly respected on Wall Street. He is the "Poor" in Standard and Poor's."
*His great-grandson, Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.,
Biography, "Henry Varnum Poor, Business Editor, Analyst, and Reformer," Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass.,1956.
Mr. Poor is buried next to his Wife, Mary Wild Pierce Poor.
Mother: Mary Merrill 1781-1841
*"Henry Varnum Poor was the first Andover native to go to college, graduating from Bowdoin College in 1835. He then became an attorney specializing in railroads. In 1849, he became editor of a weekly technical publication, the American Railroad Journal. He thought American railroads had a great future, but financing them was very unscientific. So, he developed methods of rating railroad bonds and converted the journal from a technical focus to a financial focus. He eventually bought the publication, and became a very prominent New York publisher in the mid to late 1800's. He sold the publication when he retired, and his name is still highly respected on Wall Street. He is the "Poor" in Standard and Poor's."
*His great-grandson, Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.,
Biography, "Henry Varnum Poor, Business Editor, Analyst, and Reformer," Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass.,1956.
Mr. Poor is buried next to his Wife, Mary Wild Pierce Poor.
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Henry Varnum Poor is actually buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Andover, Maine.
See FAG Memorial#45842434
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