John J. Cisco

John J. Cisco (April 26, 1806 - March 23, 1884), was a merchant in the dry goods business in New York City, who retired at the age of thirty-six with a fortune. Some eleven years later, in 1853 President Franklin Pierce appointed Cisco to the office of Assistant Treasurer of the United States, and placed in charge of the Sub-Treasury in New York.[1] He was later also appointed to this office by President James Buchanan. After serving under two Democratic Presidents, Cisco expected to be replaced by the incoming Republican administration of President Lincoln, but was kept on. He served under Lincoln until the Spring of 1864, when Cisco resigned the post due to poor health. He had a City named after him ( Cisco, TX ) due to his enormous help in the construction of Dallas and Houston. [2]

John J. Cisco
Portrait of John J. Cisco
Born1806
Died1884
NationalityAmerican

Family and residence

He had four children and three marriages. He married Maria Devoo, Mary Anne Cregier and Eliza Porter Sandford. His children were: Maria Devo, Sarah Jane, John Ashfield, and Caroline Augusta. They lived in a house on Grymes Hill in Staten Island, New York[3] erected in 1855 by Ernest Cazet, with grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the noted landscape architect.[4][2]

Other activities

After his retirement as Assistant Treasurer of the United States, at the insistence of President Lincoln, he was appointed government director and treasurer of the Union Pacific Railroad.[5]

References
  1. Wall Street in History, Chap. 3 by Martha J. Lamb
  2. "John J. Cisco (1806-1884)". The Lehrman Institute. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  3. "History of Grymes Hill". 15 April 2020.
  4. Bayles, Richard Mather (January 1, 1887). "History of Richmond County (Staten Island), New York: From Its Discovery to the Present Time". L.E. Preston – via Google Books.
  5. Report on the Subject of a Sinking Fund for the Several Pacific Railroad Companies: Together with the Acts of Congress, Decisions of Courts, and Documents Relating to Said Railroad Companies. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1876. john J. cisco.
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