James Montaudevert Waterbury, Sr.

James Montaudevert Waterbury Sr. (September 5, 1851 – July 11, 1931) was an American businessman and industrialist. He was president of the New York Steel and Wire Company and the American Type Bar and Machine Company. Early life He was born on September 5, 1851, in New York City. He was the only son born to Caroline Antoinette (née Cleveland) Waterbury (b. 1822) and Lawrence Waterbury I (1812–1879), who married in 1842. His maternal grandparents were Palmer Cleveland and Catherine (née Livingston) Cleveland. His grandmother was the daughter of Henry Gilbert Livingston and he was a descendant of John Waterbury, who immigrated to the colonies in 1631 from England. He was an 1873 graduate of Columbia College.