Joseph Harvey Ladew Sr. (April 10, 1865 – February 16, 1940) was one of the largest leather manufacturers in the world with Fayerweather & Ladew, and he was a

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Biography

He was born on April 10, 1865, to Rebecca Krom (?-1905) and Harvey Smith Ladew I (?-1888) in

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. He attended

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in 1885 and left the program to join the family run Fayerweather & Ladew in

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. The company was started by his brother, Edward R. Ladew in 1898. He became a partner in the company on February 1, 1889. On November 27, 1901, he married Jennie Bennett House. They had two children: Joseph Harvey Ladew Jr. (1905-?) and Oliver Ladew (1906-1979). Ladew died on February 16, 1940, at

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Yachts

He had two yachts, both named ''Columbia'' built, the first built by Cramp Shipbuilding launched from

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on August 23, 1893. Turned over to the

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for the

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in 1898, the yacht was renamed the and was used in the blockade of Cuba. In 1909 the ship began a nine year long loan to the

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. The yacht was brought back into active naval service 7 April 1917 for World War I service and continued in naval service until decommissioned at Norfolk on 1 December 1919. In 1898 he ordered a new yacht from the

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, for $200,000. The second ''Columbia'', constructed in 1899 and delivered 1900, was designed for possible conversion to a naval auxiliary and modeled after the

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steamer ''Pathfinder'' that had been built in the same shipyard. In 1913 it was briefly impounded by the Japanese at

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. That yacht served in

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as .

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