The Bostwick family are descendants of Robert De Brostick, born in 1522 in England. A branch of the New York Bostwick family rose to prominence when Jabez Abel Bostwick made a fortune in business and was a founding partner and first Treasurer of the Standard Oil Company. Bostwick Family Mausoleum 12-02-2008

Jabez Bostwick and his wife Helen had two daughters, Nellie and Evelyn, and a son, Albert Carlton Bostwick (1876–1911). Nellie Bostwick married Francis Lee Morrell, a member of the

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. Their youngest daughter, Evelyn, first married Capt. Albert Carstairs of the

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and made her home in

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. Their daughter,

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, was well known in the 1920s as a powerboat racer who led an eccentric lifestyle.

Albert Carlton Bostwick Albert Carlton Bostwick (June 22, 1878 – November 10, 1911) was an American banker, sportsman, and automobile enthusiast. Early life Bostwick was born in New York City on June 22, 1878. He was the only son born to Jabez A. Bostwick and Helen C ...

married Mary Lillian Stokes and had five children: * Dorothy Stokes (1899–2001) - philanthropist, first woman to hold a helicopter pilot's license * Albert Jr. (1901–1980) - Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder, whose horse

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won the 1931

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* Lillian Stokes (1906–1987) - owner of

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steeplechase

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, who won the

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eight times * Dunbar Wright (1908–2006) - chairman of the Aviation Instrument Manufacturing Corp.;

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horse breeder, hockey player and a director and treasurer of the United States Trotting Association. * George Herbert "Pete" (1909–1982) - Hall of Fame polo player, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame steeplechase jockey and horse trainer

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is home to the Albert C. Bostwick Laboratory of Molecular Biology: Canine and Feline Parvoviruses at the Baker Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine. Members of the Bostwick family married into the prominent Clark family, once significant owners of

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in Cooperstown, New York.

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* ttps://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/28/obituaries/lillian-b-phipps-81-active-in-horse-racing.html New York Times November 28, 1987 "Lillian B. Phipps, 81, Active in Horse Racing"
Associated Press January 16, 1982 "George H. (Pete) Bostwick; Trained Steeplechase Horses"

* ttps://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/30/classified/paid-notice-deaths-bostwick-gh.html New York Times September 30, 1998 'Death notices: Mrs. G.H. Bostwick American families of English ancestry Families from New York (state) Business families of the United States Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)