Charles P. Leverich

Leverich was born on July 17, 1809, in Newtown, Queens on L.I., N.Y. He had three brothers: Henry S. Leverich, James Harvey and Charles E. Leverich. ==Career==

From 1834 onwards, he became a factor for Stephen Duncan, the wealthiest cotton and sugar planter in the Antebellum South. He joined the board of directors of the Bank of New York in 1840. In this capacity, he helped raise US$50,000,000 for the Union army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865. ==Personal life==

Both he and his brother Henry married nieces of Stephen Duncan's. • Charles Duncan Leverich (1840–1925), who married Julia L. Riker, a daughter of John Lawrence Riker, in 1863. After her death in 1866, he married Frances "Fannie" Floyd-Jones, a daughter of William Floyd-Jones, in 1870. He died at his home in Union Place on January 10, 1876. ==References==