Stephen Hyatt Pell

Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell was an American banker, the son of John Howland Pell and Caroline Hyatt.

Biography

He was born in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York. Pell was married to Sarah Gibbs Thompson, the daughter of Robert Means Thompson, a mining investor and operator founder of the International [Nickel Company], the forerunner of Vale Inco. Pell was a history enthusiast and collector who restored the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga.
He fathered two sons: Robert Thompson Pell and John Howland Gibbs Pell.
From 1944 to 1949 Pell served as president of the American [Numismatic Society].
He died in Ticonderoga, New York on June 22, 1950.