In New York City, he became associated with Fox & Polhemus, cotton manufacturers and brokers, where he later became an owner. He later became senior member of the firm and it was renamed Brinckerhoff, Turner & Co. For many years, he also served as president of the Merchants' National Bank,[3] president of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, vice president of the American Bible Society and a director of the Harriman National Bank.[1]
He was elected Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, in 1899 and recommended an increase in the police force from seven police officers to nine police officers. He also recommended the building of the city hall.[6][7]
Personal life
He moved to Englewood, New Jersey, in 1867. On April 22, 1869, he was married to Emily Augusta Vermilye (1846–1921), a daughter of Col. Washington Romeyn Vermilye, a banker. They were the parents of one son and six daughters, including:[1][8]
Emily Vermilye Brinckerhoff (1870–1945), who married Frederick Smyth Duncan (1868–1953).[9]
Mary Elizabeth Brinckerhoff (1871–1931), who married James Douglas Armstrong (1866–1939) in 1894.[10]
Elbert Adrain Brinckerhoff Jr. (1874–1943), who married Edna Connor (1874–1938).[11]
Elizabeth Lathrop Brinckerhoff (1876–1950), who married William Bushnell Chapin (1875–1914) in 1901.[12] After his death, she married widower Lt. Col. Frederick Butterfield Ryons (1877–1946) in 1923.[13]
Helen M. Brinckerhoff (1881–1953), who married Maxwell Van Buskirk (1871–1952).[14]
^"Elbert Adrain Brinckerhoff". The National cyclopædia of American biography. 1916. p. 249. Retrieved November 12, 2011. Brinckerhoff, Elbert Adrain, merchant and banker, was born at Jamaica, L. I., Nov. 29, 1838, son of John N. and Mary (Adrain) Brinckerhoff. His maternal grandfather was Robert Adrain, LL.D.,a noted mathematician. His father was the principal of the Union Hall Academy at Jamaica, L. I., during 1837–65. Union Hall Academy furnished his preliminary education and he was about to enter college when he was offered the opportunity of a voyage around the world on a clipper ship, which he accepted. Upon reaching San Francisco he decided to stay in California, and entering a commercial house, became identified with the affairs of San Francisco. He was an active member of the second Vigilance Committee ...
^Decennial record of the class of 1896, Yale College, p. 659 (1907) "Elbert Adrain Brinckerhoff, Jr., was born June 6th, 1874, at Englewood, NJ. He is the only son of Elbert Adrain Brinckerhoff and Emily A. Vermilye, ...
