Figure 1.-- This photograph was taken April 1, 1909 in Jamaica. Hiram Bingham III and his wife Alfreda are standing behind. In the front row there are their children (Charles, Woodbridge, Hiram IV, Alfred and Brewster) with Alfred Mitchell and Annie Olivia.

Hiram Bingham III married Alfreda Mitchell (1899). She was the granddaughter of famed jewler Charles L. Tiffany. They had seven sons. Here we have a photograph of the Bingham family. In the photos he is with his family. The first one was taken at the family summer home in Connecticut in 1908 (figure 1). Pictured from left to right and back to front are his father Hiram II, his son Hiram IV, Hiram III, his Aunt Lydia Bingham Coan, his wife Alfreda Mitchell and his other sons Alfred, Charles and Woodbridge. The boys in the summer photograoh wore white clothing and went barefoot. Note the white tunics. These tunic suits were a popular style for younger American boys in the 1900s and 10s. The boys had destinguished and varied careers of their own. Woodbridge (1901–1986) became a college professor. Hiram Bingham IV (1903–1988) became a diplomat and World War II hero. Alfred Mitchell Bingham (1905–1998) became a lawyer and author. Charles Tiffany (1906–1993) became a doctor. Brewster (1908–1995) became a minister. Mitchell (1910–1994) became an artist. Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914–1986) became a Democratic Congressman, Hiram and Alfreda subsequently divorced. He remarried to Suzanne Carroll Hill (1937).

Sources

Miller, Char. Fathers and sons: The Bingham family and the American mission (Temple University Press, 1982).

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