Samuel Stevens Sands

Samuel Stevens Sands I (November 18, 1827 – July 24, 1892) was an American banker who served as the head of S.S. Sands & Co.[1]

Samuel Stevens Sands
Born	(1827-11-18)November 18, 1827 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	July 24, 1892(1892-07-24) (aged 64) New Hamburg, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	University of the City of New York
Occupation	President of S.S. Sands & Co.
Spouse(s)	Eliza Dickson Aymar ​ ( m. 1849; died 1850) Mary Ellis Aymar ​ ( m. 1842; died 1879)
Children	11, including Charles
Parent(s)	Austin Ledyard Sands Anne Maria Hodge
Relatives	John Austin Stevens (uncle) Alexander Stevens (uncle)

Early life

Sands was born at 112 Chambers Street in New York City on November 18, 1827.[2] He was the son of Austin Ledyard Sands (1779–1859), a merchant in New York City,[3] and Anne Maria (née Hodge) Sands (1794–1876).[4] Among his siblings was brother Austin Ledyard Sands Jr. (1825–1877).[3]

His paternal grandparents were Richardson Sands (1754–1783) and Lucretia (née Ledyard) Sands (1756–1846).[5] After his grandfather's death, his grandmother married Ebenezer Stevens (1751–1823), a Lt. Col. in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a Maj. Gen. in the New York State Militia, and a merchant.[3] She then became the mother of banker John Austin Stevens (1795–1874) and surgeon Alexander Hodgdon Stevens.[6]

He was a graduate of the University of the City of New York with the Class of 1846.[2]

Career

In 1854, he became a member of the New York Stock Exchange.[1] He was a banker and broker in partnership with William Henry Reese. He acted as broker for a number of important financial interests, including the Astor family. For many years, he was the president of S.S. Sands & Co.[1] He have several partners throughout his career, including his brother, William Richardson Sands, his brother-in-law, Edmund Brandt Aymar, William Henry Reese, and his sons Samuel Jr. and Charles.[2]

Towards the end of his career, he became involved in the railroad business, financing Boston and New York Air-Line Railroad, the Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield Railway, the Milwaukee Railroad, the Lakeshore and Western Railway and the Colorado Midland Railway.[1]

Country home

In 1865, Sands built "Elmhurst" at New Hamburg, New York, a small hamlet along the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York.

Personal life

On June 14, 1849, Sands was married to Eliza Dickson Aymar (1821–1850), the daughter of Benjamin Aymar,[7] also a merchant, and Elizabeth (née Van Buren) Aymar.[3] After her death, he married her sister, Mary Ellis Aymar (1828–1879) on April 15, 1842.[2] Their elder sister was married to John D. Van Buren Jr., the New York State Engineer and Surveyor. After his marriage he lived at 80 Fifth Avenue in New York City and, later, at 385 Fifth Avenue.[2] Together, they were the parents of:[2]

• Benjamin Aymar Sands (b. 1853), who married Amy Kirby Akin,[8] the daughter of William H. Akin.[2]
• Ledyard Sands (1854–1897), who married Sarah F. Thornton and died in Sri Lanka.[2]
• Samuel Stevens Sands II (1856–1889),[9] who married Anne Harriman (1861–1940), the daughter of banker Oliver Harriman and Laura (née Low) Harriman. He died from a fall during a hunt at Meadow Brook in 1889.[9] After his death, his widow remarried first to Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr., and after his death, William Kissam Vanderbilt in 1903.[10]
• Eliza Louise Sands (1858–1934), who was involved in the Social Service Committee of the Volunteer Hospital and did not marry.[11][12]
• Mary Emily Sands (1859–1863), who died young.[2]
• William Henry Sands (1861–1920), who married Frances Augusta Lorillard (1864–1890), daughter of Jacob Lorillard and granddaughter of Pierre Lorillard III.
• Anna Sands (1864–1932),[13][14][15] a social leader in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island who did not marry.[16]
• Charles Edward Sands (1865–1945),[17] an Olympic tennis player who married Sarah Wilson Simonton in 1920.[18]
• Robert Cornell Sands (1867–1932), who did not marry.[19]
• Harold Cater Sands (1869–1881), who also died young.[2]
• Katharine Aymar Sands (1871–1951),[20][21] who married Theodore Augustus Havemeyer, Jr. (1868–1936),[22] son of Theodore Havemeyer, in 1893.[23]

He died on July 26, 1892 at his country home, "Elmhurst", near New Hamburg, New York.[1] He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, in Brooklyn.[2]

Descendants

Through his son Samuel, he was the grandfather of George Winthrop Sands (1885–1908),[24] who was married to Tayo Newton, daughter of Dr. B. Newton of New York, in 1905,[25] and Samuel Stevens Sands III (1884–1913), who married Gertrude Sheldon, daughter of George R. Sheldon, in 1910.[26]

References

1. "Samuel Stevens Sands" (PDF). New York Times. July 26, 1892. Retrieved 2009-07-23. Samuel Stevens Sands, who died on Sunday at his country place, Elmhurst, New-Hamburg, N. Y., was only one or two places from the head of the list of Stock Exchange members in point of length of connection with that institution. He joined it in 1854. For many years he was head of the firm of S.S. Sands Co., acting as a broker for many important financial interests, including the Astors'.
2. Sands, Benjamin Aymar (1916). The Direct Forefathers and All the Descendants of Richardson Sands: Together with the Genealogies of My Direct Maternal Ancestors. p. 74. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
3. Scoville, Joseph Alfred (1866). The Old Merchants of New York City. Carleton. p. 76. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
4. Benjamin Aymar Sands. The direct forefathers and all the descendants of Richardson Sands. ISBN 0-559-48105-5.
5. Stevens, Eugene Rolaz; Bacon, William Plumb (1914). Erasmus Stevens and his descendants. Tobias A. Wright. p. 16. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
6. Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Stevens, Ebenezer" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.)
7. Stevens, John Austin; DeCosta, Benjamin Franklin; Johnston, Henry Phelps; Lamb, Martha Joanna; Pond, Nathan Gillett (1886). The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries. A. S. Barnes. p. 12. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
8. Miller, Tom (24 March 2016). "The 1903 Benj. A. Sands Mansion -- No. 11 East 84th Street". daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com. Daytonian in Manhattan. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
9. "Obituary -- SANDS". The New York Times. 24 March 1889. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
10. "W. K. VANDERBILT'S COMING MARRIAGE; Mrs. Lewis Morris Rutherfurd the Prospective Bride. The Wedding Arranged to Take Place April 29 at the Home of Secretary White of the American Embassy in London". The New York Times. 22 April 1903. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
11. "Miss E. Louise Sands". The New York Times. 6 May 1934. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
12. Adams, Henry; Levenson, Jacob C.; Samuels, Ernest; Vandersee, Charles (1982). The Letters of Henry Adams. Harvard University Press. p. 165. ISBN 9780674526860. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
13. "MISS ANNA SANDS, SOCIAL LEADER, DIES; Long Prominent in This City and Newport -- A Tennis and Golf Enthusiast. SUCCUMBS AFTER OPERATION Was a Stockholder of the Newport Casino and of the Country Club There, Where She Owned Estate". The New York Times. 10 April 1932. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
14. "Will of Anna Sands Probated". The New York Times. 16 August 1932. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
15. "MISS SANDS LEFT $300,000.; Newport Estate, Long in the Family, Must Be Sold". The New York Times. 28 July 1932. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
16. "$267,511 ESTATE LEFT BY MISS ANNA SANDS; Maid of New York Social Leader Gets $20,000 -- McAlpin Hold- ing Put at $651,618". The New York Times. 16 March 1933. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
17. "CHARLES E. SANDS; Holder of Many Amateur Court Tennis Trophies Is Dead". The New York Times. 12 August 1945. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
18. "WEDS CHARLES E. SANDS.; Miss Sarah W. Simonton of Cincinnati Married in Grace Church". The New York Times. 23 July 1920. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
19. "ROBERT C. SANDS, CLUBMAN, DIES AT 64; President of The Strollers for Many Years Was a Graduate of Columbia". The New York Times. 11 July 1932. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
20. "Mrs. T. A. Havemeyer". The New York Times. January 11, 1951. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
21. "The Opulent Eye auction, Christie's New York,18 November 2014". www.hali.com. HALI. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
22. "T. A. HAVEMEYER, 67, DIES IN BROOKVILLE; Former Vice President of the Family Sugar Firm Was a Nephew of Organizer, LEADER IN HORTICULTURE Honorary President of New York Society Had Been Its Active Head for Many Years". The New York Times. 31 July 1936. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
23. "Havemeyer -- Sands". The New York Times. 15 December 1893. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
24. Times, Special Cable To The New York (30 July 1908). "LONDON HEARS OF ACCIDENT.; Reported at First Victim Was W.K. Vanderbilt". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
25. Times, Special To The New York (19 December 1908). "SANDS ESTATE ONLY $2,000.; Little Left by Son of Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt, Killed in Auto Wreck". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
26. Times, Special To The New York (3 July 1913). "S. STEVENS SANDS KILLED UNDER AUTO; Speeding to His Wife, as Was His Brother, Who Met the Same Fate in France". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

External links

• Samuel Stevens Sands at Find a Grave
• Photograph of his daughter, Anna Sands, in 1913 at the Library of Congress