Henry Rogers Mallory

Henry Rogers Mallory, the son of Charles Henry, 1818-1890, was born at Mystic, Connecticut, on September 21, 1848. After being educated in Mystic, New London, and New Haven, Connecticut, he became associated with his father in the shipping and commission house of C.H. Mallory & Co. Between 1870 and 1893 he served as a junior member of the firm. Upon the death of Elihu Spicer in 1893, Henry R. Mallory became president of the Company. Spicer, one of the founders of C.H. Mallory & Co., and became president in 1890 upon the death of Charles H. Mallory. Henry R. Mallory continued as president of the company until 1906 when the Mallorys sold their steamship interests and the Mallory Line to Charles W. Morse who merged the Mallory Line with several other lines. This consolidated corporation soon developed financial difficulties and reorganized in 1908 as the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines with Henry R. Mallory as president. He remained in that position until he retired in 1915. The HENRY R. MALLORY was built in 1916 and was thus one of the newest and largest American steamships when it was converted into a transport vessel. It was the first American merchant ship to transport American troops and supplies to France. Besides his shipping interests, Henry R. Mallory served as director or trustee of several other companies or institutions. Like his father before him, he was an enthusiastic yachtsman and owned several famous racing yachts. He was married to Cora N. Pynchon of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1873. She survived him for almost twenty years, living until 1938. Henry Rogers Mallory died at Winter Park, Florida on March 4, 1919, and was buried at Greenwich, Connecticut, in Putnam Cemetery.

               d. Mar. 4,1919

               businessman (Mallory Shipping Lines)

               married- Cora Pynchon, 1873

               (3 children-Cora Pynchon, Clifford Day , 

Philip Rogers (b.1885 -Yale & Columbia University-lawyer-P.R. Mallory & Co.,Inc. electronics)

Henry Rogers Mallory, the son of Charles Henry, 1818-1890, was born at Mystic, Connecticut, on September 21, 1848. After being educated in Mystic, New London, and New Haven, Connecticut, he became associated with his father in the shipping and commission house of C.H. Mallory & Co. Between 1870 and 1893 he served as a junior member of the firm. Upon the death of Elihu Spicer in 1893, Henry R. Mallory became president of the Company. Spicer, one of the founders of C.H. Mallory & Co., and became president in 1890 upon the death of Charles H. Mallory. Henry R. Mallory continued as president of the company until 1906 when the Mallorys sold their steamship interests and the Mallory Line to Charles W. Morse who merged the Mallory Line with several other lines. This consolidated corporation soon developed financial difficulties and reorganized in 1908 as the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines with Henry R. Mallory as president. He remained in that position until he retired in 1915. The HENRY R. MALLORY was built in 1916 and was thus one of the newest and largest American steamships when it was converted into a transport vessel. It was the first American merchant ship to transport American troops and supplies to France. Besides his shipping interests, Henry R. Mallory served as director or trustee of several other companies or institutions. Like his father before him, he was an enthusiastic yachtsman and owned several famous racing yachts. He was married to Cora N. Pynchon of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1873. She survived him for almost twenty years, living until 1938. Henry Rogers Mallory died at Winter Park, Florida on March 4, 1919, and was buried at Greenwich, Connecticut, in Putnam Cemetery.