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Robert Breck Brigham

Robert Breck Brigham

Male 1826 - 1900  (73 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document


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  • Name Robert Breck Brigham 
    Born 1 Nov 1826  Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Library book: History of the Brigham Family 539 
    Died 2 Jan 1900  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Robert Breck Brigham Obituary.
    Robert Breck Brigham Obituary.
    From: The Official Report of the First Six Meetings of the Brigham Family Association by Willard I Tyler, Self published, Chicago, 1900.
    Philanthropy 1914 
    At the age of 16 he went to Boston to earn money to complete his schooling, but, on a suggestion of his former schoolmaster, entered the restaurant business, in the employ of his uncle, the noted Peter Bent Brigham,

    He then opened a restaurant of his own which was quite successful but ill health compelled him to sell out and go to Florida. Returning in 1860, he established Brigham's restaurant and built "Brigham's Hotel" in the rear.

    At the time of his death he owned property valued at $3,000,000, all within a mile of his hotel. In business life he was shrewd, honorable and reserved. He was naturally of a lively, cheerful disposition and he was charitable in many quiet ways.

    Upon his death his will provided for small bequests to individuals and charitable institutions. The will also provided that the balance should used to form the "Robert B. Brigham Hospital for Incurables" It is provided in the will that on the completion of the Hospital a tablet of stone or bronze bearing the
    inscription "Erected by Robert B. and Elizabeth F. Brigham" shall be set in an appropriate place in the building or in one of the buildings if there be more than one.

    Roberts Uncle formed the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital "for the care of sick persons in indigent circumstances". The two Brigham hospitals became formally affiliated with Boston's "Women's Hospital" and today are known as the "Brigham Woman's Hospital". 
    R B Brigham Bequests.
    R B Brigham Bequests.
    The New York Times, Wednesday, January 10, 1900 page 8.
    Robert Breck Brigham Hospital.
    Robert Breck Brigham Hospital.
    Robert Breck Brigham Hospital.
    Buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 2 siblings 
    Headstones Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Person ID I1952  Nagel
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2014 

    Father Cheney Brigham,   b. 22 Apr 1793, Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1865, Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Elizabeth Fay Brigham,   b. 8 Jan 1794, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1853, Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 20 May 1821 
    Family ID F250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frances Gertrude Brigham,   b. 31 May 1848 
    Married 17 Nov 1870 
    Divorced Abt 1884 
    Mrs Francis Brigham.
    Mrs Francis Brigham.
    The Boston Sunday Post, January 21, 1900, page 20.
    Robert B Brigham.
    Robert B Brigham.
    The Boston Sunday Post, January 14, 1900, page 24.
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2016 
    Family ID F749  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart