Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
(1831–1878)
BIRTH
September 22, 1831
PLACE
New York City, New York
DEATH
February 9, 1878
PLACE
New York City, New York
FAMILY
WIFE
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
(1835–1884)
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Theodore Roosevelt Sr. was President Theodore Roosevelt’s father, a New York businessman and philanthropist.
EARLY LIFE
He supported charitable institutions, helped found the American Museum of Natural History and backed the Union during the Civil War.
CAREER
DEATH
Theodore Roosevelt Sr. died in New York City on February 9, 1878, after months of pain and difficulty eating caused by a gastrointestinal tumor, described by the Theodore Roosevelt Center as stomach cancer. His son Theodore, then at Harvard, took a train home but arrived a few hours after his father's death. He was buried in the Roosevelt family lot at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
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