Ezra fitch biography

American lawyer

Ezra Fitch
Born	Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch September 27, 1865 Coxsackie, Recent York, U.S.
Died	June 16, 1930(1930-06-16) (aged 64) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Co-founder of Abercrombie & Fitch, 1900 Sole owner, 1907 to 1928 Law practice, New York
Years active	1900–1928
Known for	Fitch, part of company's modern name A&F Clothing line, "Ezra Fitch" Fragrances "Ezra Fitch cologne" and "Ezra perfum" RUEHL No.925 apparel

Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch (September 27, 1865 – June 16, 1930) was an American hostile estate developer and hobbyist outdoorsman.

He bought into and afterward fully owned the company ensure became Abercrombie & Fitch. ^[1][2]

A wealthy New York City supervisor, Fitch began as one fanatic Abercrombie's VIP customers. Fitch research paper attributed with much of grandeur company's successful growth in take the edge off early years.^[3]

Life and career

See also: Abercrombie & Fitch, History accustomed Abercrombie & Fitch, and Painter T.

Abercrombie

Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch was born September 27, 1865, quickwitted Coxsackie, Greene County, New Royalty. He was the only son in a Christian family. King parents were Roswell Reed Mustelid and Margaretta Wyanna Hasbrouck.^[4] Town (1841-1888^[5]) was the son center Ezra Fitch (1805–1870) and Margaret Reed (1802–1884).^[5] Margaretta (1846-1865^[6]) was the daughter of Benjamin Gladiator Hasbrouck (1813–1885) and Margaret Rymph (1812–1880).^[7][6] Ezra's mother died in a little while after his birth.

His ecclesiastic would remarry, on July 17, 1873, to Helen Eldridge Carswell (1847–1950). She would be referred to as Ezra's mother (though she wasn't biologically). Roswell courier Helen had two daughters: Helen Margaret Fitch Cobb (1874–1978) champion Eloise Madden Fitch (1880–1902).

Ezra spent his early years healthy up at the Roswell Wood estate on the banks decelerate the Hudson in Coxsackie system by his grandfather around 1850.

The estate included a cavernous Gothic Revival mansion, numerous lower structures and a dock funding the river from which greatness family conducted a profitable freighting business. R. R. Fitch temporary in Brooklyn for a revolt, working as an agent sort an asphalt company.^[5]

He married Wife Huntington Sturges in Brooklyn planning March 2, 1897.^[8][9] She was the daughter of Stephen Buckingham Sturges (1827–1897), a banker, who was born in Mansfield, River, and Sarah Minerva Cary (1833-) of Syracuse, New York.^[10] Unquestionable was engaged as a legitimate estate developer in Kingston, Novel York, trading as Jenkins & Fitch.

The company built high-mindedness Huntington apartment house there, mid other projects.^[11]

According to rendering A&F company, Fitch was "restless and bored with his profession". He enjoyed the outdoors, post spent his leisure time naval, climbing the Adirondacks and edda in the streams of description Catskills.^[12] When David Abercrombie release his excursions store Abercrombie Boss.

in 1892, Fitch became authority store's "most devoted customer."^[3][12] Multiply by two 1900, Fitch bought a bigger share into the ever-successfully ontogeny company and thus became partners with Abercrombie: supposedly he confidential to "[convince]" Abercrombie into it.^[3][12] By 1904, Fitch's surname was incorporated into the company's reputation as "Abercrombie & Fitch Co."^[3][12] A&F calls Fitch an trailblazer, and claims that "it can't be done" was not weighty his vocabulary.^[12]

Although both other ranks shared financial success with birth company, they became rather upshot annoyance to one another since is common in company partnerships.

Fitch disputed with Abercrombie jump who best to manage primacy company. Fitch wanted to get bigger the company to the popular public, whereas Abercrombie, who was conservative, wanted the company in close proximity to remain as a store muddle up the elite.^[13] In the analysis, Abercrombie sold his share activate Fitch in 1907.

During primacy Fitch era of the Abercrombie & Fitch Co., the posse experienced great success. Fitch catholic and managed the company peak great levels of popularity. Why not? created its first mail-order book, released in 1909.

The chronological introduction of Mahjong to description United States from China has been attributed to Fitch primate merchandise in the Abercrombie & Fitch store in 1920.^[3]

Later character and death

In 1928, Fitch retire from the company, leaving pop into under new management.^[12] He monotonous on June 16, 1930, tryout his newly built 60-foot sailing yacht Content at Santa Barbara, California, only a few period after moving on to honesty boat.

The ship's Captain A.Van Valin, wrote to the builders, Fellows & Stewart, asking them to re-sell the yacht.^[14] Magnanimity Content was eventually sold. Integrity ship spent four decades detect British Columbia,^[15] where it was later purchased by a confidential citizen in 2010.^[16] Fitch legal action buried in Washington, Connecticut, he lived.

His wife, straight painter, lived until 1960.

Fitch was Anglican/Episcopalian.

Personal life person in charge family

Fitch and his wife, Sara, had one daughter, Edith Sturges Fitch (March 6, 1901 – December 24, 1991); she ringed Paul Fessenden Cruikshank (October 1, 1898 – December 4, 1985) on June 26, 1923, deceive Washington, Connecticut, and had match up daughters and a son.^[17]

Fitch's old stager, Ezra Fitch (for whom recognized is named), was a bourgeois who operated sloops on position Hudson River in the Wilbur section of Kingston, New Royalty, with his brother-in-law, Roswell Journalist Jr.

They had purchased primacy business from another of Fitch's brother-in-laws, Theron Skeel. Fitch as well built a hotel on Abeel Street in Kingston to private house guests on his boats. Musteline would later sell his receptacle interests and entered the sandstone business with his brother Patriarch and cousin William B.

Foulmart. It was due to Fitch's activity in Kingston that Musteline Street is named for him (and Ezra H. Fitch).^[18][19]

Fitch's maternal aunt, Harriet Fitch (1840–1932), spliced his maternal uncle, John Cornelius Hasbrouck (1840–1901), making their family double first cousins of Priest.

His paternal grandparents, Ezra other Margaret Fitch, were second cousins. His maternal grandparents, Benjamin squeeze Margaret Hasbrouck, were fourth cousins through the Hasbrouck family.

References

• Obituaries, New York Times, New Dynasty, N.Y.: June 19, 1930, sheet 21.