He joined the board of directors of the Bank of New York in 1840.[2][3] He went on to serve as its Vice-president in 1853 and its President from 1863 to 1876.[2][3][5] In this capacity, he helped raise US$50,000,000 for the Union army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865.[3]
Personal life
Both he and his brother Henry married nieces of Stephen Duncan's.[2] His wife, Matilda Duncan Gustine (1816–1896), was a daughter of James Gustine of Natchez, Mississippi. They married in Philadelphia on September 17, 1839, and had at least four children, including:[6]
Charles Duncan Leverich (1840–1925), who married Julia L. Riker, a daughter of John Lawrence Riker, in 1863. After her death in 1866, he married Frances "Fannie" Floyd-Jones, a daughter of William Floyd-Jones, in 1870.[7]
Sarah Eliza Leverich (1843–1851), who died young.[7]
James Henry Leverich (1849–1888), who married Mary Eleanor Wilmot in 1876.[7]
Matilda Rose Leverich (1852–1911), who married Dr. Theodore Dwight Bradford.[7]
William Edward Leverich (1857–1858), who died young.[7]
He died at his home in Union Place on January 10, 1876.[8]
References
^Henry W. Domett, A History of The Bank of New York 1784 - 1884, New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1884, p. 103
^Scott P. Marler, The Merchants' Capital: New Orleans and the Political Economy of the Nineteenth-Century South, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 29 Apr 2013, p. 110
^Warren, Gorham & Lamont, Incorporated, 1864, The Bankers Magazine, Volume 19, p. 531
