Background
Stokes, Anson Phelps was born on February 22, 1838 in New York, United States. Son of James and Caroline (Phelps) Stokes.
Stokes, Anson Phelps was born on February 22, 1838 in New York, United States. Son of James and Caroline (Phelps) Stokes.
Educated by tutors and in private schools, New New York
Isaac Newton Phelps, October 17, 1865. Father of James Graham Phelps and Anson Phelps South., Junior Partner in Phelps, Dodge & Company, merchants. Afterwards in Phelps, Stokes & Company, bankers.
Chairman, Board Of Directors The Woodbridge Company and of The Haynes Company.
Director United States Trust Company, Mechanics’ Bank. Trustee or director in Aged and Infirm Clergy Fund, American Social Science Association, Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, Second National Bank, et cetera
First president Reform Club. Foreign 2 terms vice-commander New York Yacht Club 1863, went by steamer to California, 1863, and returned overland.
Made a number of cruises in his yachts Clytie, Mermaid and Sea Fox.
President National Association Anti-Imperialist Clubs, 1900.
Married Helen Louisa, daughter