title: Joseph Winterbotham
text: # Joseph Winterbotham
  
  Joseph Humphrey Winterbotham (1852-1925), was a Chicago manufacturer, bank director and Chicago Art Institute benefactor.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Joseph Humphrey Winterbotham was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1852.
  
  ## Career
  
  Winterbotham "organized no fewer than eleven corporations, including cooperage manufacture, moving and transfer, and mortgage financing".
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He married Genevieve Baldwin (1853-1906) of New Haven, Connecticut, and they had four children, including Rue Winterbotham Carpenter.
  
  Their sons John and Joseph, Jr. were educated at Yale University, and their daughters, Rue and Genevieve, travelled to Europe.
  
  