Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Tattnall PAULDING
Obituary: Saturday, March 9, 1907, "The Germantown Guide":
DEATH OF TATTNALL PAULDING. [MOLLUS #00464]
Tattnall Paulding, president of the Delaware Insurance Company, and widely known in financial circles, died on Tuesday at his Germantown home, 152 West Penn street, after an illness of more than a year from rheumatism, complicated with other troubles. He was born in Huntingdon, L. I., in July, 1840, and was educated in the schools of that locality and the West Point Military Academy. He was attending that institution when the Civil War began and immediately joined the Seventh New York Volunteers. In a few weeks' time he was commissioned a lieutenant in the Sixth United States Cavalry, and he served with that command all through the war, participating in various battles of the Army of the Potomac. He was taken prisoner or the third day of the battle of Gettysburg, and spent nine months in Libby Prison. As soon as he was liberated he rejoined his regiment and continued with it in active service until July, 1866, when be came to reside in this city, his father, Rear-Admiral Hiram Paulding, then being governor of the Naval Asylum here. In the meantime he had been promoted through various ranks to that of lieutenant-colonel by brevet. He was a grandson of the famous John Paulding who was instrumental in effecting the capture of Major Andre during the Revolutionary War. In 1870 Mr. Paulding became an insurance broker and conducted a successful business for an English company. In 1890 he was made president of the Delaware Insurance Company, and had served continuously in that capacity until his death. He was a trustee of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. In addition to his insurance connections Mr. Paulding was a manager of the Saving Fund Society of Germantown, the Mercantile Beneficial Association, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and of the White Haven Hone for Consumptives. He was a member of the Union League and of the Pennsylvania Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion. For many years he had been prominently identified with various philanthropic interests in the city. Colonel Paulding leaves a widow who was, before her marriage, Miss Hannah Huddell; one son, John T. Paulding, and a daughter, Miss Caroline T. Paulding. The funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon in St. Luke's Church. The Rev. Samuel Upjohn D. D., rector, officiated, assisted by the Rev. William Poyntell Kemper, of the Church of the Messiah, Gwynedd. The burial took place in St. Luke's Episcopalian Churchyard.
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