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Anson Phelps Stokes
1838 - 1913 (75 years)
Generation: 1
1. Anson Phelps Stokes was born on 22 Feb 1838 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (son of James Boulter Stokes and Caroline Olivia Phelps); died on 28 Jun 1913 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA. Notes:
Anson Phelps Stokes (February 22, 1838 – June 28, 1913) was a wealthy American merchant, property developer, banker, genealogist and philanthropist. Born in New York City, he was the son of James Boulter and Caroline Stokes. His paternal grandfather was London merchant Thomas Stokes, one of the 13 founders of the London Missionary Society. His maternal grandfather, Anson Greene Phelps, was a New York merchant, born in Connecticut and descended from an old Massachusetts family.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anson_Phelps_Stokes
Anson married Helen Louisa Phelps on 17 Oct 1865. Helen was born in 1846; died in 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Anson Phelps Stokes was born on 13 Apr 1874 in New Brighton, Staten Island, Ne York, USA; died on 13 Aug 1958 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.
2. James Boulter Stokes was born on 31 Jan 1804 in New York City, New York, USA; died on 1 Aug 1881 in New York City, New York, USA; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA. Notes:
James Boulter Stokes (January 31, 1804 – August 1, 1881) was the third son-in-law of Anson Greene Phelps to become a partner in the mercantile business of Phelps, Dodge & Co.
Stokes's parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (née Boulter) Stokes, emigrated from England to America in 1798. They settled in an area north of New York on the Hudson River near Sing Sing. Financial difficulties forced them to move to New York, where Thomas started businesses importing fine woolen cloth, selling coal and investing in property. Thomas was a religious man and joined the New York Peace Society and the New York Tract Society, becoming acquainted with Anson Greene Phelps and David Low Dodge. He died in 1832 at which time James and his brother Edward Halesworth Stokes took over the businesses.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boulter_StokesJames married Caroline Olivia Phelps on 12 Apr 1837. Caroline was born on 30 Nov 1812 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 9 Mar 1881 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Caroline Olivia Phelps was born on 30 Nov 1812 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 9 Mar 1881 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA. Children:
- 1. Anson Phelps Stokes was born on 22 Feb 1838 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA; died on 28 Jun 1913 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA.