Richard Edwards Mount Jr.

Mount was born in New York City on September 3, 1814. He was the eldest son of Richard Edwards Mount (1786–1872) and Maria (née Branson) Mount (1792–1873), who married in 1813. His paternal grandparents were Joseph Mount and Mary (née Edwards) Mount. His father was "a wealthy citizen well known in the commercial circles of the metropolis for his business energy and probity." In his early youth, he was known as "one of the men about town, the intimate companion of Halleck, Willis, and the elder Wallack, and gentlemen of their class." ==Career==

Mount attended Columbia College, graduating with an A.B. degree in 1834 (alongside James William Beekman and Isaac C. Delaplaine) and an A.M. degree in 1837. After graduating from Columbia, Mount passed the bar and began practicing law after entering the law office founded by James Alexander, the 4th New Jersey Attorney General (who also served as attorney general for the Province of New York and was the father of William Alexander, Lord Stirling). Reportedly, Mount earned a fortune from practicing law, retiring after his father's death (after inheriting an "ample fortune") and four years before his own death in 1876. Mount also served as Assistant Secretary of the organization from 1851 to 1857, Secretary from 1859 to 1864, Fourth Vice-president from 1865 to 1866, Third Vice-president in 1867, Second Vice-president from 1868 to 1869, and First Vice-president in 1870. ==Personal life==

Mount "was never happier than when poring over the old Latin poets. He was deeply interested in musical and dramatic affairs" and contributed to various papers on social and other topics. the University Club, the Union Club (serving as treasurer), the New York Society Library (also serving as treasurer), and was a frequenter of the Café Français ("the head-quarters of the wit and talent of the metropolis") and a contributor to The Knickerbocker. After a funeral at Trinity Church, he was buried at Trinity Church Cemetery in New York (near Fort Washington). ==References==