Joseph Humphrey Winterbotham (1852-1925), was a Chicago manufacturer, bank director and Chicago Art Institute benefactor.
Joseph Humphrey Winterbotham was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1852.
Winterbotham "organized no fewer than eleven corporations, including cooperage manufacture, moving and transfer, and mortgage financing".
He married Genevieve Baldwin (1853-1906) of New Haven, Connecticut, and they had four children, including Rue Winterbotham Carpenter.
Their sons John and Joseph, Jr. were educated at Yale University, and their daughters, Rue and Genevieve, travelled to Europe.