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

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, and he was a yachtsman.

Biography

He was born on April 10, 1865, to Rebecca Krom (?-1905) and

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(?-1888) in Shokan, New York. He attended Columbia School of Mines in 1885 and left the program to join the family run

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. The company was started by his brother,

Edward R. Ladew Edward R. Ladew (February 18, 1855 – August 30, 1905) was the cofounder of Fayerweather & Ladew with Daniel B. Fayerweather, a leather manufacturer. In 1893 he became vice president of the United States Leather Company. He owned the yacht ...

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 LeRoy Sanitarium in Manhattan.

Yachts

He had two yachts, both named ''Columbia'' built, the first built by Cramp Shipbuilding launched from Philadelphia on August 23, 1893. Turned over to the United States Navy for the Spanish–American War 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 New York Naval Militia. 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 Crescent Shipyard in

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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 United States Coast Survey steamer ''Pathfinder'' that had been built in the same shipyard. In 1913 it was briefly impounded by the Japanese at Wakayama. That yacht served in World War I as .

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