Temple Bowdoin was born at Wolfert's Dell, Irvington, New York.
12 Facts About Temple Bowdoin
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Temple Bowdoin was the son of Julia Irving Bowdoin and George Sullivan Bowdoin.
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Temple Bowdoin's siblings were Fanny Hamilton Bowdoin, who married Daniel Parish Kingsford, and Edith Grinnell Bowdoin.
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Temple Bowdoin was connected to Morgan for 25 years and a partner for 15 years.
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Temple Bowdoin was a director of the Niagara Development Company, Niagara Falls Power Company, and the Niagara Junction Railway Company.
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Temple Bowdoin belonged to The Metropolitan Club, University Club of New York, New York Yacht Club, Union Club of the City of New York, St Anthony Club, Tennis Ardsley Club, Baltusrol Golf Club, and the Automobile Club of America.
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In 1892, Temple Bowdoin was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.
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Temple Bowdoin was the daughter of Mary P and John J Kingsford of London, England, and the sister of Bowdoin's brother-in-law.
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Temple Bowdoin died at his home at 104 East 37th St on December 2,1914, following an operation for an intestinal disorder.
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Temple Bowdoin was survived by a son, George Temple Bowdoin, then a student at Groton School.
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Temple Bowdoin's estate was valued at $6,187,708, the bulk of which was left to his son.
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Temple Bowdoin's son was heir to his grandmother's estate upon her death in 1915.