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Elbert Adrian Brinckerhoff
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Elbert Adrian Brinckerhoff (November 29, 1838 - March 23, 1913) was the Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey and the founder of Brinckerhoff, Turner and Company. He was president of Merchants National Bank. Biography He was born on November 29, 1838 in Jamaica, Queens, New York. He married Emily A. Vermilye on April 22, 1869 in Englewood and they had a son, Henry Morton Brinckerhoff. In 1854, at age 16, he moved to San Francisco and he took a job with Wells Fargo where he delivered the first pony express package from San Francisco to Sacramento. He later joined the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance. He returned to New York City in 1860. |
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