Joseph Warren Revere (businessman)

Not to be confused with Joseph Warren Revere (general).

Joseph Warren Revere (April 30, 1777 – October 11, 1868)^[1] was an American businessman and the son of Revolutionary War patriot Paul Revere.

Joseph Warren Revere
Portrait of Revere by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1813.
Born	(1777-04-30)April 30, 1777 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 11, 1868(1868-10-11) (aged 91) Canton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Mary Robbins
Children	8 including Paul Joseph Revere
Father	Paul Revere

Early life

Revere was born on April 30, 1777, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was named after Dr. Joseph Warren, the Massachusetts militiaman who was killed in action during the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, and who sent Revere's father on his famous midnight ride.^[2] He was the third of eight children born to Paul Revere (1734–1818) and his second wife, Rachel (née Walker) Revere (1745–1813).^[3]

Career

In 1801, his father purchased the Canton Mill, an ironworks mill, and using a loan from the Department of the Navy, established the Revere Copper Company in Canton, Massachusetts,^[4] which young Revere joined in 1804.^[5] Upon his father's retirement in 1811, he became president of the company.^[6] He was largely responsible for the success of the business,^[7] in which he pioneered the technique of rolling copper into large sheets.^[8]

From 1816 to 1819 and again in 1840, Revere served in the Massachusetts Legislature and was a member of the Board of Aldermen in the 1830s. He also was a member of the Massachusetts Humane Society, an organization that provided money for the physically and mentally ill and the poor, and the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.^[2]

Personal life

Portrait of Revere's wife, Mary Robbins, by James Frothingham, c. 1821.

On April 16, 1821, he married Mary Robbins (1794–1879) in Milton, Massachusetts. Mary was the daughter of Elizabeth (née Murray) Robbins and Edward Hutchinson Robbins, the former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. Together, Joseph and Mary Revere were the parents of eight children:

• John Revere (1822–1886), who married Susan Tilden Torrey (1826–1911), daughter of John Gore Torrey, in 1848.^[9]
• Joseph Revere (b. 1823)
• Edward Hutchinson Robbins Revere (1827–1862), a member of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War who was an assistant surgeon in the regiment was killed during the Battle of Antietam.^[10]
• Elizabeth Murray Revere (1828–1910), who married Robert Possac Rogers.^[11]
• Maria Amelia Revere (1828–1905)
• Mary Josephine Revere (b. 1830)
• Paul Joseph Revere (1832–1863), also a member of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War who was a major in the regiment, received a mortal wound during the Battle of Gettysburg and died of his wound on July 4, 1863.
• Jane Minot Revere (1834–1910), who married Dr. John Phillips Reynolds (1825–1909) in 1859.^[12]

Revere died, aged 91, on October 11, 1868, in Canton, Massachusetts.^[2]

References

1. Clarence Monroe Burton (1916). Manuscripts from the Burton Historical Collection. Collected and published by C.M. Burton. p. 49. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
2. Hurwitz, Mark. "Joseph Warren Revere American Revolution History". www.bostonteapartyship.com. Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
3. Randolph, Ryan P. (2002). Paul Revere and the Minutemen of the American Revolution. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 94. ISBN 9780823957279. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
4. Gettemy, Charles Ferris (1905). The True Story of Paul Revere: His Midnight Ride, His Arrest and Court-martial, His Useful Public Services. Little, Brown, Co. p. 255. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
5. Chemerka, William R. (2013). General Joseph Warren Revere: The Gothic Saga of Paul Revere's Grandson. BearManor Media. p. 24. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
6. Randolph, Ryan P. (2002). Paul Revere and the Minutemen of the American Revolution. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-8239-5727-9.
7. Forbes, Esther (1999). Paul Revere and the World He Lived in. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-618-00194-1.
8. Clarence Monroe Burton, ed. (1916). Manuscripts from the Burton Historical Collection. Vol. 1. C.M. Burton. p. 49.
9. Linzee, John William (1917). The Lindeseie and Limesi Families of Great Britain: Including the Probates at Somerset House, London, England, of All the Spellings of the Name Lindeseie from 1300 to 1800. The Fort Hill Press. p. 804. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
10. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1867). Harvard Memorial Biographies With Supplementary Biographies. Harvard University. pp. 115–125. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
11. of 1844, Harvard University Class (1896). The Class of 1844, Harvard College, Fifty Years' After Graduation. J. Wilson and Son. p. 186. Retrieved 24 April 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. The History and Some of the Descendants of Robert and Mary Reynolds (1630-1931) of Boston, Mass. The Reynolds Family Association. 1931. p. 169. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

External links

• Joseph Warren Revere at Find a Grave