ROOSEVELT'S BIRTH AND EDUCATION. 



J. Roosevelt, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who 

 was born in 1759, gave his services without compensation as com- 

 missary during the War for Independence. A brother of this 

 Revolutionary patriot, Nicolas J. Roosevelt, born in New York 

 city in 1767, was an inventor of ability, and an associate of Robert 

 L. Livingston, John Stevens and Robert Fulton in developing the 

 steamboat and steam navigation. 



The grandfather of Governor Roosevelt, Cornelius van Shaick 

 Roosevelt, born in New York city in 1794, was an importer of 

 hardware and plate glass, aud one of the five richest men in the 

 town. He was one of the founders of the Chemical Bank. One 

 of his brothers, James J. Roosevelt, was a warm friend and ardent 

 supporter of Andrew Jackson ; served in the New York Legisla- 

 ture and in Congress, and was a Justice of the Supreme Court of 

 New York from 185 1 to 1859. 



A DISTINGUISHED FAMILY. 



A cousin, James Henry Roosevelt, was distinguished for his 

 philanthropies, and left an estate of a million dollars, which, by 

 good management, was doubled in value, to found the famous 

 Roosevelt Hospital in New York city. Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt 

 married Mary Barnhill, of Philadelphia. Of their six sons the 

 Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt was one of New York's most distin- 

 guished citizens, served in Congress and also as a United States 

 Minister to the Netherlands, 



Theodore, another son, born in New York city, and deceased 

 in 1878, was the father of President Theodore Roosevelt. He mar- 

 ried Martha Bulloch, who, with four of their children, survived 

 him. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., continued in the business founded 

 by his father, and became a controlling factor in the plate glass 

 trade. He greatly augmented the family fortune, and at his deathV 

 was reputed a millionaire. 



Thus President Roosevelt comes from a distinguished family. 

 Good stock may turn out to be poor sometimes, but it makes a 

 vast difference as to the kind of blood a man has in his veins, and 

 good stock is much more likely to turn out well than stock of the 



