Franklin Sidway

Franklin Sidway
Born(1834-07-23)July 23, 1834
DiedMarch 20, 1920(1920-03-20) (aged 85)
Resting placeForest Lawn Cemetery
EducationCanandaigua Academy
Known forCommissioned Interior with Portraits
SpouseCharlotte Spaulding
Children5 (including Frank St. John Sidway)
Parent(s)Jonathan Sidway
Parnell St. John
RelativesElbridge G. Spaulding (father-in-law)
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Franklin Sidway (July 7, 1834 – March 20, 1920) was an American businessman and banker from Buffalo, New York, known for building the Sidway Building in Buffalo, the Spaulding-Sidway house in Grand Island, and commissioning the 1865 painting, Interior with Portraits, by American artist Thomas Le Clear.