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Josiah Huntoon
American businessman and abolitionist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Josiah Parmerley Huntoon (July 16, 1813 – 1891) was a businessman and abolitionist in New Jersey. A painting of him by Thomas Waterman Wood is in the National Portrait Gallery.[1]
He was born in Montpelier, Vermont. He lived in Paterson, New Jersey.[2]
He had a successful coffee business including a mill. He and his apprentice William Van Rensalier, an African American who became an engineer, were part of the Underground Railroad.[3] A plaque commemorates their work in helping people who escaped slavery.[4]
Huntoon's home, a stop on the Underground Railway, was demolished for a parking garage and later a Taco Bell was proposed for the site.[5]
His son Louis Huntoon was an economics professor at Yale University and wrote a family history.[5]
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