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Duncan Campbell Pell (January 18, 1807 – January 16, 1874) served as the lieutenant governor of Rhode Island, and Chairman of the State Senate in that state from 1865 to 1866.
Duncan Pell | |
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Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island | |
In office 1865–1866 | |
Governor | James Y. Smith |
Preceded by | Seth Padelford |
Succeeded by | William Greene |
Personal details | |
Born | Duncan Campbell Pell January 18, 1807 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | January 16, 1874 66) Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | (aged
Spouse |
Anna Clarke (m. 1834) |
Relations | Alfred Shipley Pell (brother) |
Children | 3 |
Parent(s) | Mary Shipley Pell William Ferris Pell |
Education | Litchfield Law School |
Pell was born in New York City on January 18, 1807. He was the third of eleven children born to Mary (née Shipley) Pell and William Ferris Pell.[1] His father was a New York merchant from 1808 to 1840, who founded the famous auction firm of Pell & Company, and his brother, Alfred Shipley Pell, was a co-founder of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.[2]
Pell studied at the Litchfield Law School and was admitted to the bar in Albany in 1828.[1] he entered into an auctioneering partnership with his father on January 23, 1831.[3] He was also a commissioner with the Washington Marine Insurance Company. He was described as "the finest looking man of his day in Wall Street."[4] In 1848, after approximately 17 years as a partner, Pell withdrew from D. C. & W. Pell & Co.,[5] likely a later iteration of W. F. Pell & Co. He was a member of the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, having been elected on June 1, 1874, shortly before his death.[6]
Soon afterwards, he moved with to Newport, Rhode Island, where he would remain until his death.[4] In 1865, he was elected with 10,815 votes (vs. 97 votes for Henry Butler of Warwick) to succeed Seth Padelford as the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island under Gov. James Y. Smith.[7]
The 1870 census lists him as a retired merchant, with a net worth of nearly $400,000 (nearly $8 million today).[8]
In 1834, Pell was married to Anna Clarke (1817–1899),[9] the daughter of Ann Low (née Carey) Cooper Clarke and George Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall,[10] (a mansion on Lake Otsego said to have been the largest private home in the country).[8] Her elder brother, George Hyde Clarke (1822–1889) was married to Maria Gregory. Together, they were the parents of:[11]
Stricken with apoplexy, Pell died in Newport on January 16, 1874, at the age of 68. He was buried at Island Cemetery in Newport.[6][12] His wife remained in Newport, residing at the corner of Mary and Clarke Streets in Newport.[8]
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