John Sterett Gittings
(1798-1879)
MSA SC 3520-14441
Biography:
Born: May 27, 1798
Father: James Gittings, Jr. (1769 - 1820)
Mother: Harriet Sterrett (1750/51-1787)
Marriages: Eleanor Addison Smith (died 1848); Charlotte Carter Ritchie (m. November 1853)
Children: Eleanor Addison (married George H. Williams), William S. Gittings (died 1860)
Siblings: Lambert Gittings, Mrs. Louis Littig, Mrs. Palmer (wife of Surgeon-General Palmer U.S.N.)
Education: Dickinson College; studied banking in the counting house of James A. Buchanan
Religious Affiliation: Grace Protestant Episcopal Church (corner of Monument and Park Streets in Baltimore City) and St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Occupations: Banker; Founded John S. Gittings & Son, 1832 (a banking house); President of Chesapeake Bank, 1835-1879, President, Northern Central Railroad
Offices Held: Commissioner of the Loans for the State of Maryland, 1836-1839; Member, City Council of Baltimore; Director of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 1841; Commissioner of Public Works
Died: December 8, 1879 at his residence, 149 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland
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