Anthony Joseph Drexel I (September 13, 1826 - June 30, 1893) was a financier, banker, partner of J.P. Morgan and founder of Drexel University

Birth

He was born in 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Francis Martin Drexel (1792-1863) and Catherine Hookey (1795-?). Anthony was the uncle of Saint Katherine Drexel.

Marriage and children

He married Ellen B. Rozet and had the following children: Emily Drexel (1850-1883) who married Edward Biddle III (1851-?); Fannie D. Drexel (1855-?); Mae Drexel (1859-?); John Rozet Drexel (1863-1935) who married Alice Gordon Troth (1865-1947); Anthony Joseph Drexel II (1865-?) who married Marjorie Gould (1891-1955); and George William Childs Drexel who married Mary Stretch Irick (1868-1948).

Death

He died on June 30, 1893 in Karlovy Vary, Karlovarský kraj, Czech Republic. He was buried in Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia.

References

• Dan Rottenberg, The Man Who Made Wall Street

External links

• Findagrave: Anthony Joseph Drexel I