Seward Cary

American polo player

Emily L. Scatcherd

(m. 1887; died 1934)

Parent(s)Walter Cary
Julia Love CaryRelativesGeorge Cary (brother)
Trumbull Cary (grandfather)
Charles Cary Rumsey (nephew)Signature

Seward Cary (March 1, 1862 – September 5, 1948) was an American polo player from New York State.

Early life and education

Seward Cary was born on March 1, 1862, in Buffalo, New York. He was one of seven children born to prominent Buffalo resident, Dr. Walter Cary and Julia (née Love) Cary.^[1]^[2] His siblings included: Trumbull Cary; Thomas Cary; Charles Cary (who married Evelyn Rumsey); Jennie Cary (who married Laurence D. Rumsey); Walter Cary Jr., and George Cary.^[3]^[1]

Cary was the paternal grandson of Trumbull Cary, a New York State Senator and Assemblyman.^[1] His maternal grand-uncle was Brig. General George Maltby Love.^[4] His nephew through his sister Jennie, was Charles Cary Rumsey, who married Mary Harriman (daughter of millionaire railroad executive E. H. Harriman and Mary Williamson).^[1]

Cary attended and graduated from Harvard University,^[5] before attending the Buffalo Medical College in the Fall of 1886 where he belonged to the college society called the I.C.I.^[6]

Career

In February 1887, he went into the hardwood lumber business with Scatcherd & Son in Buffalo, "one of the largest hardwood lumber concerns in the country".^[7] He became a member of the Buffalo Club, the Saturn Club, and the Genesee Valley Hunt Club.^[6]

While at Harvard, Cary was credited with bringing polo during the 1880s.^[1] He played polo for 58 consecutive seasons,^[8] winning the W. H. Andrews Cup.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Personal life

Cary had an early relationship with Mabel Ganson (who later became a well-known patron of the arts) and her first marriage to Karl Evans was said to be inspired by his resemblance to Cary.^[12] On July 13, 1887, he married Emily Lisle Scatcherd Cary (1862–1934), a daughter of James Newton Scatcherd and Anne (née Belton) Scatcherd.^[13]^[7] Together they had a home in East Hempstead on Long Island and an apartment at 44 East 81st Street in Manhattan and were the parents of:^[5]

Phoebe Cary (1890–1967),^[14] who married newspaper editor Arthur Brisbane, a son of utopian socialist Albert Brisbane,^[15] in 1912.^[16]
Trumbull Cary (1893–1921)^[17]
John Scatcherd Cary (1898–1921)
Jane Cary (1899–1903), who died young.
Elinor Cary (1888–1965),^[a] who married film executive Courtland Smith, a son of Orlando J. Smith,^[18]^[19] in 1912.^[20] They divorced and Smith remarried to Mary Stuart Kernochan (a daughter of J. Frederic Kernochan).^[21]

After his wife's death, he moved to 277 Park Avenue, an apartment building designed by McKim, Mead, and White. Cary died while on vacation at Small Point, Maine, on September 5, 1948.^[5] He was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.

References

Notes

^ Her portrait was painted by Adolfo Müller-Ury in 1910.

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e LaChiusa, Chuck. "Cary Family / Love Family of Buffalo, NY". buffaloah.com. Buffalo Architecture and History. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
^ Supreme Court Appellate Division Fourth Dept. Vol. 2820. 1938. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ Staff (May 6, 1945). "George Gary Dies Noted Architect; Former Head of the American Institute Was a Founder of Beaux-Arts Here". The New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
^ "Marguerite Warren is Engaged to Marry; Descendant of Early New York Settlers to Become Bride of George Cary Jr". The New York Times. June 29, 1934. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Seward Cary". The New York Times. September 7, 1948. p. 25. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ ^a ^b of 1886, Harvard College (1780-) Class (1889). Secretary's Report: no. II. W. H. Wheeler. Retrieved June 7, 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b "John N. Scatcherd | Famous Residents". www.forest-lawn.com. Forest Lawn Cemetery. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ Laffaye, Horace A. (2014). Polo in the United States: A History. McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7864-8007-4. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ Smith, Addison Geery (1931). Mallet & Hounds. Priv. Print. pp. 15, 29, 30. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Contest for Polo Trophies.; The Herbert Cups Won at Georgian Court by Lakewood II. Team". The New York Times. Lakewood, New Jersey (published May 5, 1901). May 4, 1901. p. 8. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rockaway Players Win Polo Trophy; Defeat Whippany Four in Final Match for Independence Cups by 7 Goals to 6". The New York Times. Cedarhurst, Long Island. July 8, 1919. p. 12. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Rudnick, Lois Palken (1984). Mabel Dodge Luhan: New Woman, New Worlds. UNM Press. pp. 23, 24. ISBN 978-0-8263-0995-2. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Mrs. Seward Cary". The New York Times. October 21, 1934. p. 31. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Mrs. Arthur Brisbane, 77, Widow of Hearst Newsman". The New York Times. October 31, 1967. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Arthur Brisbane, Editor, Dies at 72 of Heart Attack; Writer and Executive Served Hearst Papers 39 Years -- Began as a Reporter. Realty Holdings Large; Roosevelt and Lehman Lead in Tributes Sent Here From All Over Nation". The New York Times. December 26, 1936. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Arthur Brisbane Weds Miss Cary; Editor Married to the Maid of Honor of a Ceremony He Attended on July 1". The New York Times. July 31, 1912. p. 9. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Died". The New York Times. December 20, 1921. p. 17. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Social Register, Buffalo. Social Register Association. 1920. p. 59. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Courtland Smith, Film Executive For Early Newsreels, Is Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. August 13, 1970. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
^ The Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association. 1913. p. 329. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Miss M. Kernochan Bride at her Home; Daughter of J. Frederic Kernochan Is Quietly Married to Courtland Smith". The New York Times. February 9, 1929. Retrieved June 22, 2018.