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ID: 500447597 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500447597			Record Type: Person

Stokes, Edward Stiles (American businessman, 1841-1901)

Note: American businessman, born in Philadelphia; he moved in New York City when he was 20 years old. He began working as a produce dealer and later entered the petroleum business with his father, owning the Brooklyn Refinery Company at Hunter's Point. He was responsible for the murder of James Fisks, Jr. in 1872. He was convicted of manslaughter and spent several years in prison before his release in 1884. He died at the home of his sister, Mary McNutt, on November 2, 1901.

Names:
	Stokes, Edward Stiles (preferred,U,index)
	Edward Stiles Stokes (LU,U)
	E.S. Stokes (LU,U)
	E. Stokes (LU,U)

Nationalities:
	American (preferred)

Roles:
	businessman (preferred)

Gender: male

Events:

	active:		New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)
	active:

List/Hierarchical Position:

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Non-Artists

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Stokes, Edward Stiles (I,U)

Biographies:


	(American businessman, 1841-1901) ..... [PROV Preferred]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

Edward Stiles Stokes ........	[PROV]
.........................................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

E.S. Stokes ........	[PROV]
.........................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

E. Stokes ........	[PROV]
....................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Stokes, Edward Stiles ........	[PROV Preferred]
...........................................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Subject: ........	[PROV, VP]
....................	"Edward S. Stokes Dead," New York Times, pg. 8
....................	"Edward Stokes is Dead," The Sun, November 3, 1901
....................	"The Stokes Case," New York Times, January 10, 1871, pg. 3
....................	Conway, King of Heists: The Sensational Bank Robberty of 1878 That Shocked America, Rowan &
....................	Daytonian in Manhattan, daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com
....................	Littlefield, 2010, pg. 204


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

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