Joseph Warren Revere (April 30, 1777 – October 11, 1868) was an American businessman and the son of Revolutionary War patriot Paul Revere.

Early life

Revere was born on April 30, 1777, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was named after Dr. Joseph Warren, the Massachusetts militiaman who was killed in action during the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, and who sent Revere's father on his famous midnight ride. He was the third of eight children born to Paul Revere (1734–1818) and his second wife, Rachel (née Walker) Revere (1745–1813).

Career

In 1801, his father purchased the Canton Mill, an ironworks mill, and using a loan from the Department of the Navy, established the Revere Copper Company in Canton, Massachusetts, which young Revere joined in 1804. Upon his father's retirement in 1811, he became president of the company. He was largely responsible for the success of the business, in which he pioneered the technique of rolling copper into large sheets. From 1816 to 1819 and again in 1840, Revere served in the Massachusetts Legislature and was a member of the Board of Aldermen in the 1830s. He also was a member of the Massachusetts Humane Society, an organization that provided money for the physically and mentally ill and the poor, and the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.

Personal life

On April 16, 1821, he married Mary Robbins (1794–1879) in Milton, Massachusetts. Mary was the daughter of Elizabeth (née Murray) Robbins and Edward Hutchinson Robbins, the former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. Together, Joseph and Mary Revere were the parents of eight children: Revere died, aged 91, on October 11, 1868, in Canton, Massachusetts.