Charles T. Barney
1851–1907 (age 56)
Banker
Biography
Charles T. Barney was a leading banker whose leadership at the Knickerbocker Trust Company once symbolized the confidence of New York’s financial community. He guided institutions through both opportunity and challenge with an earnest sense of duty.
His life reminds us of the heavy responsibilities borne by those who steward the nation’s wealth, and his name rests among others of note in Woodlawn Cemetery.