Cora Randolph Trimble

Cora Randolph Trimble
Born(1871-05-29)May 29, 1871
Mount St. Vincent, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 31, 1946(1946-12-31) (aged 75)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationSocialite
Spouse
Richard Trimble
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(m. 1900; died 1924)​
Parent(s)Edmund Dutilh Fitz Randolph
Helen Earle Lothrop Randolph
RelativesWallace F. Randolph (uncle)

Cora Randolph Trimble (May 29, 1871 – December 31, 1946) was an American socialite during the Gilded Age.[1]

Early life

Cora was born on May 29, 1871, and grew up at Brookwood, the family home in Mount St. Vincent on the Hudson River.[2] She was the daughter of Edmund Dutilh Fitz Randolph, a banker and insurance executive, and Helen Earle (née Lothrop) Randolph.[3] Among her siblings was Mary Welsh Randolph,[4] who married Francis Egerton Webb, brother-in-law of Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb and the son of Ambassador James Watson Webb.[5]

She was descended from the Fitz Randolph family that settled in Cape Cod in the early part of the 17th century.[5] Her paternal grandparents were Dr. Charles Fitz and Margaret (née Gooch) Randolph and her uncle was Wallace F. Randolph, a United States Army major general who became the first U.S. Army Chief of Artillery.[6]

Society life

In 1892, Cora, who was then unmarried, was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[7][8] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[9]

She was a charter member of the Colony Club,[1] a member of the Huguenot Society, The Mayflower Society, and the Colonial Dames of America.[10]

Personal life

On February 14, 1900,[11] Cora was married to Richard Trimble (1853–1924),[12] by the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix of Trinity Church.[11] Trimble was associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. in the formation of the United States Steel Corporation, later serving as its secretary and treasurer.[10] Together, they were the parents of one son and two daughters:[1]

  • Richard Trimble Jr. (d. 1941),[13] who was captain of the 1926 crew team at Harvard College.[14] He married Winifred Loew.[13]
  • Margaret Randolph Trimble (1901–1968), who married Count Giovanni Revedin (1904–1990), the Italian diplomatic representative to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in 1939.[15][5]
  • Mary Trimble, who married Perry R. Pease,[16] a member of the Jockey Club who sat on the executive committee of the Turf and Field Club.[17]

Cora died at her home, 1020 Madison Avenue in New York City, on December 31, 1946. She was buried at the Westbury Friends Cemetery in Westbury, New York.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "MRS. RICHARD TRIMBLE; Charter Member of the Colony Club Dies in Home at 75" (PDF). The New York Times. January 1, 1947. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ^ Palmer, Lewis (1910). A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John & Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (now Delaware) Co., Pa. ... Chester Times. p. 882. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Dr. Edmund D. Randolph, Financier and Insurance Official, Dies at 81" (PDF). New York Herald. December 21, 1919. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ^ Dix, Morgan; Lewis, Leicester Crosby; Morehouse, Clifford P. (1962). A History of the Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York: The rectorship of Dr. William Thomas Manning, 1908-1921. Putnam. pp. 296, 491.
  5. ^ a b c "Miss Margaret Randolph Trimble Married In St. Patrick's to Count Giovanni Revedin" (PDF). The New York Times. February 21, 1939. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. ^ "General Randolph Ends His Life With Pistol; Ex-Chief of Artillery, U.S.A., Blows Out His Brains in a Fit of Despondency". The New York Times. December 10, 1910. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. ^ McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. ^ Patterson, Jerry E. (2000). The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age. Random House Incorporated. p. 225. ISBN 9780847822089. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  9. ^ Keister, Lisa A. (2005). Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780521536677. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Mrs. Richard Trimble (1872-1947)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Trimble -- Randolph" (PDF). The New York Times. February 15, 1900. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  12. ^ "RICHARD TRIMBLE DIES AT HOME HERE; Former Secretary-Treasurer of U. S. Steel Corporation Succumbs to Heart Disease. HAD STROKE 3 YEARS AGO A Horse Show Exhibitor and a Classmate of Theodore Roosevelt and Robert Bacon" (PDF). The New York Times. February 19, 1924. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  13. ^ a b "RICHARD TRIMBLE, 37, FOUND DEAD IN HOME; Autopsy to Determine the Cause of Broker's Death" (PDF). The New York Times. July 18, 1941. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  14. ^ "ELECT TRIMBLE '26 CREW CAPTAIN". The Harvard Crimson. May 3, 1923. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  15. ^ "COUNTESS REVEDIN LOSES CITIZENSHIP" (PDF). The New York Times. August 4, 1950. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  16. ^ Country Life and the Sportsman. Country Life-American Home Corporation. 1938. p. 77. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  17. ^ Nichols, Joe (September 4, 1971). "Alma North Rated Pick In Belmont Race Today". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2018.