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Walter Watson Stokes (August 10, 1880 – March 27, 1960) was an American financier and politician from New York. ==Life== He was born on August 10, 1880, in Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont,〔(''New York Red Book'' ) (1947; pg. 137)〕 the son of financier Walter C. Stokes (1852–1924)〔(''WALTER C. STOKES, BANKER, DIES AT 72'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on May 23, 1924 (subscription required)〕 and Adele (Watson) Stokes (1852–1921).〔(''OBITUARY; Adele Watson Stokes'' ) in ''The Otsego Farmer'' on September 2, 1921〕 In 1901, he became a member of the New York Stock Exchange. On May 14, 1902, he married Mary L. Constable (born 1884),〔(''SOCIETY AT HOME AND ABROAD'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on May 11, 1902〕 and they had one son: Walter Watson Stokes Jr. (born 1903). They lived at 829 Park Avenue in Manhattan, and the Stokes family's country home "Woodside Hall" in Cooperstown. In 1931, Mary Stokes went to Reno, Nevada, to get a divorce.〔(''MRS. W. W. STOKES IN RENO'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on July 10, 1931 (subscription required)〕 Stokes was a member of the New York State Senate from 1933 to 1952, sitting in the 156th, 157th, 158th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th and 168th New York State Legislatures. On November 14, 1934, he married Hannah Lee Sherman (1905–2001), a grand-niece of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. Hannah Sherman was a photo model, famous at the time as "Miss Chesterfield". He died on March 27, 1960, in Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, New York; and was buried at the Lakewood Cemetery there.〔(''Walter W. Stokes, Former State Senator, Dies at Cooperstown'' ) in the ''Oneonta Star'' on March 28, 1960 (subscription required)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter W. Stokes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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