Son of Selden B. Manwaring and Mae Caldwell. They divorced, and his mother Mae married Morton Freeman Plant who adopted Philip. Philip inherited his money. He married first Constance Bennett, actress. They divorced in 1929, and he then married Edna Dunham. From: "The Bennetts: An Acting Family"
By Brian Kellow 2004, page 88
"Philip M. Plant of Oswegatchie dies in NY Hospital at Age 39"
Philip Manwaring Plant, wealthy sportsman and owner of the Oswegatchie Farms estate in Waterford, died of a heart ailment last night in Polyclinic hospital New York, where he had been a patient since Sunday. He was 39 years old.
At his bedside when death cam were his wife, the former Marjorie King, and his mother, Mrs. William Hayward of New York.
Mr. Plant was born in Waterford Aug 24, 1901, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Selden N. Manwaring. His mother's second husband was Commodore Morton F. Plant of Eastern Point, multimillionaire railroad and steamship magnate, who adopted Philip as his son. At his death, Commodore Plant left his adopted son a fortune reported at $15,000.000.
Mr. Plant had been married three times. His previous marriages to Constance Bennett, film actress and Edna Dunham, ended in divorce.
Brought Museum Specimens
A few years after he graduated from Yale, he began a series of trips abroad, as the result of which he became interested in big game hunting in Africa. He made a number of trips to East Africa to obtain specimens for the American Museum of Natural History.
On two of these expeditions he used a modern trailer, which he designed himself. Specimens he brought back included a lion group, a warthog group and a colobus monkey group now exhibited at the American museum.
Most of his hunting expeditions he recorded on technicolor film, which served as the basis for reproducing the natural surroundings of the specimens he obtained. The same films were shown during lectures in the United States. He gave his lectures many times for local benefits and club meetings.
During the New York World's Fair of a few years ago he was associated with Frank Buck, noted wild animal hunter, in the production of Jungleland, one of the most popular and most successful features of the exposition.
His Farm a Show Place.
During the last six years, Mr. Plant devoted most of his time to the development of is Oswegatchie Farms estate in Waterford where he established a fancy poultry farm and a collection of hundreds of rare birds from all over the world. The bird farm, one of the show places of eastern Connecticut, has been visited each summer by hundreds of persons, many of whom came long distances to see some of the specimens.
Although his rare birds represented one of the most extensive private collections in the world, he took even greater pride in his fancy poultry. His entries won many hundreds of prized in major competitions. Many times he refused fantastic prices for his champions.
Mr. Plant took a deep interest in the civic affairs of Waterford and participated actively as a member of the Oswegatchie fire department. He took part also in political affairs. Three years ago he was one of the candidates for the Republican nomination for state representative for the town of Waterford.
Sponsored Drum Corps
Four years ago Mr. Plant became the sponsor the the Oswegatchie Girls Fife and Drum Corps, for girls of Waterford and New London, and at the same time he became the sponsor the Drum Corps center in Garfield Avenue. Two seasons ago, Mrs. Plant became the sponsor the Connecticut Yankees (boys) Fife and Drum Corps. In connection with the Drum Corps center, Mr. Plant personally arranged a series of motion picture shows and amateur entertainments as part of the program for the youngsters.
Fraternally, Mr. Plant was a member of Bayview lodge of Masons, Niantic, Union chapter, Royal Arch Masons, this city; Cushing council, Royal and Select Master, this city; Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar, this city; Scottish Rite, Norwich; Sphinx Temple, Mystic Shrine, Hartford; the Submarine Craftsman's club, and the New London lodge of Elks. He was also a member of the Explorer's club, the Adventurers' club and the Authors and Writers' club of New York, and of the American museum and the New York Zoological Garden.
To the general public, Mr. Plant was known as the central figure in a series of lawsuits growing out of his association with Broadway during his youth. In 1920 he was sued for $500,000 by Helene Jesmer, a Follies girl, who claimed that her beauty was marred for life as the result of injuries she received in an automobile accident. Claire Windsor, motion picture actress, sued him for injury as the result of a collision between his yacht, the Lolita, on which he was playing host to a theatrical crowd, and another yacht in Long Island sound. In 1932 he was sued for breach of promise by Marguerite Finley, another actress.
The funeral service will take place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his mother's home, 1051 Fifth Avenue, New York. The body will be brought to his city for a Masonic service at Beckwith Memorial chapel. Cedar Grove Cemetery.
New London Day, Thursday June 19, 1941 page 8 column 1, 2, 3.
By Brian Kellow 2004, page 88
"Philip M. Plant of Oswegatchie dies in NY Hospital at Age 39"
Philip Manwaring Plant, wealthy sportsman and owner of the Oswegatchie Farms estate in Waterford, died of a heart ailment last night in Polyclinic hospital New York, where he had been a patient since Sunday. He was 39 years old.
At his bedside when death cam were his wife, the former Marjorie King, and his mother, Mrs. William Hayward of New York.
Mr. Plant was born in Waterford Aug 24, 1901, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Selden N. Manwaring. His mother's second husband was Commodore Morton F. Plant of Eastern Point, multimillionaire railroad and steamship magnate, who adopted Philip as his son. At his death, Commodore Plant left his adopted son a fortune reported at $15,000.000.
Mr. Plant had been married three times. His previous marriages to Constance Bennett, film actress and Edna Dunham, ended in divorce.
Brought Museum Specimens
A few years after he graduated from Yale, he began a series of trips abroad, as the result of which he became interested in big game hunting in Africa. He made a number of trips to East Africa to obtain specimens for the American Museum of Natural History.
On two of these expeditions he used a modern trailer, which he designed himself. Specimens he brought back included a lion group, a warthog group and a colobus monkey group now exhibited at the American museum.
Most of his hunting expeditions he recorded on technicolor film, which served as the basis for reproducing the natural surroundings of the specimens he obtained. The same films were shown during lectures in the United States. He gave his lectures many times for local benefits and club meetings.
During the New York World's Fair of a few years ago he was associated with Frank Buck, noted wild animal hunter, in the production of Jungleland, one of the most popular and most successful features of the exposition.
His Farm a Show Place.
During the last six years, Mr. Plant devoted most of his time to the development of is Oswegatchie Farms estate in Waterford where he established a fancy poultry farm and a collection of hundreds of rare birds from all over the world. The bird farm, one of the show places of eastern Connecticut, has been visited each summer by hundreds of persons, many of whom came long distances to see some of the specimens.
Although his rare birds represented one of the most extensive private collections in the world, he took even greater pride in his fancy poultry. His entries won many hundreds of prized in major competitions. Many times he refused fantastic prices for his champions.
Mr. Plant took a deep interest in the civic affairs of Waterford and participated actively as a member of the Oswegatchie fire department. He took part also in political affairs. Three years ago he was one of the candidates for the Republican nomination for state representative for the town of Waterford.
Sponsored Drum Corps
Four years ago Mr. Plant became the sponsor the the Oswegatchie Girls Fife and Drum Corps, for girls of Waterford and New London, and at the same time he became the sponsor the Drum Corps center in Garfield Avenue. Two seasons ago, Mrs. Plant became the sponsor the Connecticut Yankees (boys) Fife and Drum Corps. In connection with the Drum Corps center, Mr. Plant personally arranged a series of motion picture shows and amateur entertainments as part of the program for the youngsters.
Fraternally, Mr. Plant was a member of Bayview lodge of Masons, Niantic, Union chapter, Royal Arch Masons, this city; Cushing council, Royal and Select Master, this city; Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar, this city; Scottish Rite, Norwich; Sphinx Temple, Mystic Shrine, Hartford; the Submarine Craftsman's club, and the New London lodge of Elks. He was also a member of the Explorer's club, the Adventurers' club and the Authors and Writers' club of New York, and of the American museum and the New York Zoological Garden.
To the general public, Mr. Plant was known as the central figure in a series of lawsuits growing out of his association with Broadway during his youth. In 1920 he was sued for $500,000 by Helene Jesmer, a Follies girl, who claimed that her beauty was marred for life as the result of injuries she received in an automobile accident. Claire Windsor, motion picture actress, sued him for injury as the result of a collision between his yacht, the Lolita, on which he was playing host to a theatrical crowd, and another yacht in Long Island sound. In 1932 he was sued for breach of promise by Marguerite Finley, another actress.
The funeral service will take place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his mother's home, 1051 Fifth Avenue, New York. The body will be brought to his city for a Masonic service at Beckwith Memorial chapel. Cedar Grove Cemetery.
New London Day, Thursday June 19, 1941 page 8 column 1, 2, 3.
Son of Selden B. Manwaring and Mae Caldwell. They divorced, and his mother Mae married Morton Freeman Plant who adopted Philip. Philip inherited his money. He married first Constance Bennett, actress. They divorced in 1929, and he then married Edna Dunham. From: "The Bennetts: An Acting Family"
By Brian Kellow 2004, page 88
"Philip M. Plant of Oswegatchie dies in NY Hospital at Age 39"
Philip Manwaring Plant, wealthy sportsman and owner of the Oswegatchie Farms estate in Waterford, died of a heart ailment last night in Polyclinic hospital New York, where he had been a patient since Sunday. He was 39 years old.
At his bedside when death cam were his wife, the former Marjorie King, and his mother, Mrs. William Hayward of New York.
Mr. Plant was born in Waterford Aug 24, 1901, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Selden N. Manwaring. His mother's second husband was Commodore Morton F. Plant of Eastern Point, multimillionaire railroad and steamship magnate, who adopted Philip as his son. At his death, Commodore Plant left his adopted son a fortune reported at $15,000.000.
Mr. Plant had been married three times. His previous marriages to Constance Bennett, film actress and Edna Dunham, ended in divorce.
Brought Museum Specimens
A few years after he graduated from Yale, he began a series of trips abroad, as the result of which he became interested in big game hunting in Africa. He made a number of trips to East Africa to obtain specimens for the American Museum of Natural History.
On two of these expeditions he used a modern trailer, which he designed himself. Specimens he brought back included a lion group, a warthog group and a colobus monkey group now exhibited at the American museum.
Most of his hunting expeditions he recorded on technicolor film, which served as the basis for reproducing the natural surroundings of the specimens he obtained. The same films were shown during lectures in the United States. He gave his lectures many times for local benefits and club meetings.
During the New York World's Fair of a few years ago he was associated with Frank Buck, noted wild animal hunter, in the production of Jungleland, one of the most popular and most successful features of the exposition.
His Farm a Show Place.
During the last six years, Mr. Plant devoted most of his time to the development of is Oswegatchie Farms estate in Waterford where he established a fancy poultry farm and a collection of hundreds of rare birds from all over the world. The bird farm, one of the show places of eastern Connecticut, has been visited each summer by hundreds of persons, many of whom came long distances to see some of the specimens.
Although his rare birds represented one of the most extensive private collections in the world, he took even greater pride in his fancy poultry. His entries won many hundreds of prized in major competitions. Many times he refused fantastic prices for his champions.
Mr. Plant took a deep interest in the civic affairs of Waterford and participated actively as a member of the Oswegatchie fire department. He took part also in political affairs. Three years ago he was one of the candidates for the Republican nomination for state representative for the town of Waterford.
Sponsored Drum Corps
Four years ago Mr. Plant became the sponsor the the Oswegatchie Girls Fife and Drum Corps, for girls of Waterford and New London, and at the same time he became the sponsor the Drum Corps center in Garfield Avenue. Two seasons ago, Mrs. Plant became the sponsor the Connecticut Yankees (boys) Fife and Drum Corps. In connection with the Drum Corps center, Mr. Plant personally arranged a series of motion picture shows and amateur entertainments as part of the program for the youngsters.
Fraternally, Mr. Plant was a member of Bayview lodge of Masons, Niantic, Union chapter, Royal Arch Masons, this city; Cushing council, Royal and Select Master, this city; Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar, this city; Scottish Rite, Norwich; Sphinx Temple, Mystic Shrine, Hartford; the Submarine Craftsman's club, and the New London lodge of Elks. He was also a member of the Explorer's club, the Adventurers' club and the Authors and Writers' club of New York, and of the American museum and the New York Zoological Garden.
To the general public, Mr. Plant was known as the central figure in a series of lawsuits growing out of his association with Broadway during his youth. In 1920 he was sued for $500,000 by Helene Jesmer, a Follies girl, who claimed that her beauty was marred for life as the result of injuries she received in an automobile accident. Claire Windsor, motion picture actress, sued him for injury as the result of a collision between his yacht, the Lolita, on which he was playing host to a theatrical crowd, and another yacht in Long Island sound. In 1932 he was sued for breach of promise by Marguerite Finley, another actress.
The funeral service will take place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his mother's home, 1051 Fifth Avenue, New York. The body will be brought to his city for a Masonic service at Beckwith Memorial chapel. Cedar Grove Cemetery.
New London Day, Thursday June 19, 1941 page 8 column 1, 2, 3.
By Brian Kellow 2004, page 88
"Philip M. Plant of Oswegatchie dies in NY Hospital at Age 39"
Philip Manwaring Plant, wealthy sportsman and owner of the Oswegatchie Farms estate in Waterford, died of a heart ailment last night in Polyclinic hospital New York, where he had been a patient since Sunday. He was 39 years old.
At his bedside when death cam were his wife, the former Marjorie King, and his mother, Mrs. William Hayward of New York.
Mr. Plant was born in Waterford Aug 24, 1901, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Selden N. Manwaring. His mother's second husband was Commodore Morton F. Plant of Eastern Point, multimillionaire railroad and steamship magnate, who adopted Philip as his son. At his death, Commodore Plant left his adopted son a fortune reported at $15,000.000.
Mr. Plant had been married three times. His previous marriages to Constance Bennett, film actress and Edna Dunham, ended in divorce.
Brought Museum Specimens
A few years after he graduated from Yale, he began a series of trips abroad, as the result of which he became interested in big game hunting in Africa. He made a number of trips to East Africa to obtain specimens for the American Museum of Natural History.
On two of these expeditions he used a modern trailer, which he designed himself. Specimens he brought back included a lion group, a warthog group and a colobus monkey group now exhibited at the American museum.
Most of his hunting expeditions he recorded on technicolor film, which served as the basis for reproducing the natural surroundings of the specimens he obtained. The same films were shown during lectures in the United States. He gave his lectures many times for local benefits and club meetings.
During the New York World's Fair of a few years ago he was associated with Frank Buck, noted wild animal hunter, in the production of Jungleland, one of the most popular and most successful features of the exposition.
His Farm a Show Place.
During the last six years, Mr. Plant devoted most of his time to the development of is Oswegatchie Farms estate in Waterford where he established a fancy poultry farm and a collection of hundreds of rare birds from all over the world. The bird farm, one of the show places of eastern Connecticut, has been visited each summer by hundreds of persons, many of whom came long distances to see some of the specimens.
Although his rare birds represented one of the most extensive private collections in the world, he took even greater pride in his fancy poultry. His entries won many hundreds of prized in major competitions. Many times he refused fantastic prices for his champions.
Mr. Plant took a deep interest in the civic affairs of Waterford and participated actively as a member of the Oswegatchie fire department. He took part also in political affairs. Three years ago he was one of the candidates for the Republican nomination for state representative for the town of Waterford.
Sponsored Drum Corps
Four years ago Mr. Plant became the sponsor the the Oswegatchie Girls Fife and Drum Corps, for girls of Waterford and New London, and at the same time he became the sponsor the Drum Corps center in Garfield Avenue. Two seasons ago, Mrs. Plant became the sponsor the Connecticut Yankees (boys) Fife and Drum Corps. In connection with the Drum Corps center, Mr. Plant personally arranged a series of motion picture shows and amateur entertainments as part of the program for the youngsters.
Fraternally, Mr. Plant was a member of Bayview lodge of Masons, Niantic, Union chapter, Royal Arch Masons, this city; Cushing council, Royal and Select Master, this city; Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar, this city; Scottish Rite, Norwich; Sphinx Temple, Mystic Shrine, Hartford; the Submarine Craftsman's club, and the New London lodge of Elks. He was also a member of the Explorer's club, the Adventurers' club and the Authors and Writers' club of New York, and of the American museum and the New York Zoological Garden.
To the general public, Mr. Plant was known as the central figure in a series of lawsuits growing out of his association with Broadway during his youth. In 1920 he was sued for $500,000 by Helene Jesmer, a Follies girl, who claimed that her beauty was marred for life as the result of injuries she received in an automobile accident. Claire Windsor, motion picture actress, sued him for injury as the result of a collision between his yacht, the Lolita, on which he was playing host to a theatrical crowd, and another yacht in Long Island sound. In 1932 he was sued for breach of promise by Marguerite Finley, another actress.
The funeral service will take place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his mother's home, 1051 Fifth Avenue, New York. The body will be brought to his city for a Masonic service at Beckwith Memorial chapel. Cedar Grove Cemetery.
New London Day, Thursday June 19, 1941 page 8 column 1, 2, 3.
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