Wayman Crow

Portrait of Wayman Crow

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Title

Wayman Crow

Subject

Crow, Wayman, 1808-1885

Description

Wayman Crow was a St. Louis businessman, who also served as the financial advisor for Harriet Hosmer and Charlotte Cushman. Crow is the father of Emma Crow Cushman (who falls in love with Cushman, after seeing her perform as Romeo in St. Louis, and later marries Charlotte Cushman's adopted son Ned), Cornelia Carr (nee Crow) who edits Harriet Hosmer. Letters and Memories, Mary Emmons (who also visits Hosmer and Cushman in Rome), Wayman Crow, Jr., and Isabella Kealhofer.
Crow becomes one of the founders of Washington University in St. Louis, which holds the Wayman Crow genealogical papers, 1836-1992.

Type

Reference
Person

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

March 7, 1808

Birthplace

Hartford, Kentucky

Death Date

May 10, 1885

Nationality

US-American

Occupation

businessman
investor

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Collection

Citation

“Wayman Crow,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/7.

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