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Anson Phelps Stokes

Merchant/Banker/Philanthropist

Centurion, 1888–1913

born February 22, 1838
New York (Manhattan), New York
died June 29, 1913
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected May 5, 1888
Age fifty
Member portrait of Anson Phelps Stokes
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Archivist’s Notes

Father of Anson Phelps Stokes, Harold Phelps Stokes, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, and J. G. Phelps Stokes; grandfather of Anson Phelps Stokes Jr. and Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes

Century Memorial

Anson Phelps Stokes, a well-known member of a family noted for its wealth, philanthropy, and energy in the cause of good government—himself beneficently active in many enterprises useful to the community, and endowed with the modesty of an efficient man.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1914 Century Association Yearbook

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