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Roswell Newcomb Pinckney 1896 - 1981

Roswell Newcomb Pinckney was born on December 3, 1896 in Albany, Albany County, New York United States, and died at age 85 years old in 1981 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roswell Newcomb Pinckney.

Roswell Newcomb Pinckney

December 3, 1896

Albany, Albany County, New York, United States

1981

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States

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Obituary from the Washington Post Roswell Newcomb Pinckney, 84, a retired State Department employe and salesman for the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, died Saturday at the Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta. He had a heart ailment. Mr. Pinckney, who lived in Fairmount Heights, was stricken while returning home from a trip to Louisiana. He was born in Albany, N.Y., and grew up in Washington, where he graduated from the old M Street High School and Howard University. He began his career at the State Department in 1917 and was a supervisor in its communications section at the time of his retirement in 1960. From 1925 until 1960, he also sold insurance for North Carolina Mutual Life. Mr. Pinckney was active in Masonic organizations. He was a member of Fairmount Lodge No. 92, the Columbine Chapter No. 46 of the Order of the Eastern Star, Fairmount Court No. 8 of the Heroines of Jericho and the Myra Amaranth Court No. 1 in Baltimore. A member of Sargent Memorial Presbyterian Church in Washington, he served as an elder and a trustee and was a former member of the choir. His wife, Edna W. Pinckney, died in 1969. Survivors include one son, Roswell H., of Washington, one sister, Mae P. McGee of Upper Marlboro; one brother, Dr. Theodore R. Pinckney of Washington, and two granddaughters.
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December 3, 1896

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Albany, Albany County, New York United States

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1981

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Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia United States
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Quentin Roosevelt and Roswell Newcomb Pinckney

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Quentin Roosevelt and Roswell Newcomb Pinckney

This is a photo of Quentin Roosevelt and Roswell Newcomb Pinckney as children added by Ancient Faces on January 9, 2012.

Quentin was the son of Teddy Roosevelt and he and Roswell were part of the "White House Gang" - boys who played together in the White House. Quentin died in WWI. Roswell lived until 1981 and worked for many years in the State Dept.

Date & Place: 1901

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Aren't they adorable? Quentin's Dad - Teddy Roosevelt - dubbed them and and their friends "The White House Gang." Quentin died young in World War 1 but Roswell lived a full and productive life.

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