Stokes, James Graham Phelps (1872-960) Also known as: Stokes, J. G. Phelps

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Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, December 7, 1903

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, April 7, 1905

Jane Addams to James Graham Phelps Stokes, December 28, 1907

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Birth Date

1872-03-18

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1960-04-08

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New York, NY

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James Grahams Phelps Stokes was an author, activist, and businessman. Stokes studied at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia with the class of 1896 hoping to become a medical missionary. However, he was soon required to replace his ailing father in the family business as the president of the Nevada Company and the Nevada Central Railroad. After serving in the Spanish-American War, Stokes devoted himself to different boards on which he could support settlement houses and community growth. He founded and became the chairman of the board of trustees (1897-1917) of Hartley House, located on West 46th Street. After 1902, he lived in the University Settlement, which he also served on the board of directors for. Stokes was involved with different radical politics during a period of his life. Stokes was a part of the Socialist Party, but later departed after differentiating views on war. He spent his later years focusing on religion and publishing books. Stokes died in 1960.

Stokes married Rose Harriet Pastor in 1905. The two later divorced in 1925. In 1926, stokes married Lettice Lee Sands.