From "America's Successful Men":

COL. WASHINGTON ROMEYN VERMILYE, banker, born in New York city in 1810, died at his home in Englewood, N.J., Dec. 23, 1876.

He was a son of William W. Vermilye, and a brother of the Rev. Thomas E., Jacob D., the Rev. Robert G. and William M. Vermilye, and through his father of Huguenot and by his mother, Mary Montgomery, of Dutch ancestry.

First a clerk for The New York Bible Society, he afterward entered the office of Rufus Nevins in Wall street, where he remained until he went into business for himself, shortly after he became of age. Later, he formed a partnership in banking with George Carpenter under the name of Carpenter & Vermilye, which continued until shortly after the breaking out of the Civil War, when the name was changed to Vermilye & Co. The house is yet in existence.
Having military tastes, Mr. Vermilye in 1830 joined the 5th Company of the 7th Regiment of militia. Promoted to be a captain in 1833 and major in 1840, he became colonel in 1845. He also was a member of the Veteran Association down to the time of his death, being at one time its colonel.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in the 8th Company for a three months campaign in 1862. After long service in the regiment, he retired, but retained his interest and took an active part in the building of a new armory.

He was president of The Greenwich Savings Bank and a director of The Merchants' National Bank and The Presbyterian Hospital, a member of the Board of The American Bible Society and The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, and an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Englewood.

He made liberal bequests in his will to religious and charitable organizations In 1834, Col. Vermilye married Elizabeth D., daughter of the Hon. Samuel Lathrop, of West Springfield, Mass. Two children survived him, Washington Romeyn Vermilye and Emily A., wife of Elbert A. Brinckerhoff. He was the soul of honor, a good friend, a useful citizen, a staunch patriot and a trusted banker, and as a Christian, sincere and devout. [p.694]
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America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography. Vol. 1.
Hall, Henry, editor
The New York Tribune, New York. 1895-96.

1. Mary Elizabeth VERMILYE b. 17 Nov 1834; d. 18 Jan 1836.
2. Washington Romeyn VERMILYE b. 2 Oct 1837; d. WFT Est 1838-1927.
3. Samuel Lathrop VERMILYE b. 15 Jul 1839; d. WFT Est 1840-1929.
4. George Smith VERMILYE b. 18 Mar 1840; d. WFT Est 1841-1930.
5. Samuel Lathrop VERMILYE, , 2Nd b. 15 Jul 1842; d. WFT Est 1843-1932.
6. Emily Augusta VERMILYE b. 24 Mar 1846; d. WFT Est 1860-1940.
7. Arthur Montgomery VERMILYE b. 4 Mar 1849; d. Mar 1853.