Son of William Elliott Amott and Frances Ellen Acker, husband of Lenore Bayton Overton and father of Jeremy Jay Amott.
January 15, 1929 - "On January 1, Harry R. Amott, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Overton, of North Ocean Avenue, was elected a director of S.W. Straus & Co., Incorporated, of New York city. Mr. Amott, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Amott of Bay Shore, formerly of Ronkonkoma, has risen rapidly in the financial world. For several years he has been one of the vice presidents of the company and is also a director of the bank recently opened by them in the same building. Mr. Amott, who is a graduate of Jamaica high school, and is 37 years old, married the former Miss Leonore Overton, a well known Patchogue girl, about 16 years ago. They resided on Park Avenue, New York City, but are well known here as they spend many weekends and vacations with Mrs. Amott's parents."
The 1940 census describes Harry as President of an Investment Company, living at 30 Beverly Road, Kensington, Nassau, NY.
Obituary - Harry Ray Amott, chairman of the board of Amott, Baker & Co., Inc., 150 Broadway, stockbrokers and specialists in real estate securities, died yesterday at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 74 years old and lived in Bay Shore, L.I. Mr. Amott was principal founder of the company in 1933. Under his direction the company began compiling an index of real estate bond prices, based on 40 representative issues. The list has been widely used and quoted as representative of the price fluctuations of these securities. It is known as the Amott-Baker realty bond price averages. In recent years he had served several terms as chairman of the New York Securities Dealers Association. He was also a former governor of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; The Patchogue advance., January 15, 1929, Page 9; 1940 US Federal Census; Harry Amott in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; The New York Times, Thursday, February 25, 1965, page 31)
January 15, 1929 - "On January 1, Harry R. Amott, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Overton, of North Ocean Avenue, was elected a director of S.W. Straus & Co., Incorporated, of New York city. Mr. Amott, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Amott of Bay Shore, formerly of Ronkonkoma, has risen rapidly in the financial world. For several years he has been one of the vice presidents of the company and is also a director of the bank recently opened by them in the same building. Mr. Amott, who is a graduate of Jamaica high school, and is 37 years old, married the former Miss Leonore Overton, a well known Patchogue girl, about 16 years ago. They resided on Park Avenue, New York City, but are well known here as they spend many weekends and vacations with Mrs. Amott's parents."
The 1940 census describes Harry as President of an Investment Company, living at 30 Beverly Road, Kensington, Nassau, NY.
Obituary - Harry Ray Amott, chairman of the board of Amott, Baker & Co., Inc., 150 Broadway, stockbrokers and specialists in real estate securities, died yesterday at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 74 years old and lived in Bay Shore, L.I. Mr. Amott was principal founder of the company in 1933. Under his direction the company began compiling an index of real estate bond prices, based on 40 representative issues. The list has been widely used and quoted as representative of the price fluctuations of these securities. It is known as the Amott-Baker realty bond price averages. In recent years he had served several terms as chairman of the New York Securities Dealers Association. He was also a former governor of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; The Patchogue advance., January 15, 1929, Page 9; 1940 US Federal Census; Harry Amott in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; The New York Times, Thursday, February 25, 1965, page 31)
Son of William Elliott Amott and Frances Ellen Acker, husband of Lenore Bayton Overton and father of Jeremy Jay Amott.
January 15, 1929 - "On January 1, Harry R. Amott, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Overton, of North Ocean Avenue, was elected a director of S.W. Straus & Co., Incorporated, of New York city. Mr. Amott, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Amott of Bay Shore, formerly of Ronkonkoma, has risen rapidly in the financial world. For several years he has been one of the vice presidents of the company and is also a director of the bank recently opened by them in the same building. Mr. Amott, who is a graduate of Jamaica high school, and is 37 years old, married the former Miss Leonore Overton, a well known Patchogue girl, about 16 years ago. They resided on Park Avenue, New York City, but are well known here as they spend many weekends and vacations with Mrs. Amott's parents."
The 1940 census describes Harry as President of an Investment Company, living at 30 Beverly Road, Kensington, Nassau, NY.
Obituary - Harry Ray Amott, chairman of the board of Amott, Baker & Co., Inc., 150 Broadway, stockbrokers and specialists in real estate securities, died yesterday at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 74 years old and lived in Bay Shore, L.I. Mr. Amott was principal founder of the company in 1933. Under his direction the company began compiling an index of real estate bond prices, based on 40 representative issues. The list has been widely used and quoted as representative of the price fluctuations of these securities. It is known as the Amott-Baker realty bond price averages. In recent years he had served several terms as chairman of the New York Securities Dealers Association. He was also a former governor of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; The Patchogue advance., January 15, 1929, Page 9; 1940 US Federal Census; Harry Amott in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; The New York Times, Thursday, February 25, 1965, page 31)
January 15, 1929 - "On January 1, Harry R. Amott, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Overton, of North Ocean Avenue, was elected a director of S.W. Straus & Co., Incorporated, of New York city. Mr. Amott, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Amott of Bay Shore, formerly of Ronkonkoma, has risen rapidly in the financial world. For several years he has been one of the vice presidents of the company and is also a director of the bank recently opened by them in the same building. Mr. Amott, who is a graduate of Jamaica high school, and is 37 years old, married the former Miss Leonore Overton, a well known Patchogue girl, about 16 years ago. They resided on Park Avenue, New York City, but are well known here as they spend many weekends and vacations with Mrs. Amott's parents."
The 1940 census describes Harry as President of an Investment Company, living at 30 Beverly Road, Kensington, Nassau, NY.
Obituary - Harry Ray Amott, chairman of the board of Amott, Baker & Co., Inc., 150 Broadway, stockbrokers and specialists in real estate securities, died yesterday at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He was 74 years old and lived in Bay Shore, L.I. Mr. Amott was principal founder of the company in 1933. Under his direction the company began compiling an index of real estate bond prices, based on 40 representative issues. The list has been widely used and quoted as representative of the price fluctuations of these securities. It is known as the Amott-Baker realty bond price averages. In recent years he had served several terms as chairman of the New York Securities Dealers Association. He was also a former governor of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; The Patchogue advance., January 15, 1929, Page 9; 1940 US Federal Census; Harry Amott in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014; The New York Times, Thursday, February 25, 1965, page 31)
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