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About George Tuttle Brokaw
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George Tuttle Brokaw (November 14, 1879 – May 28, 1935) was an American lawyer and sportsman.
He was born in the Elberon section of Long Branch, New Jersey to Elvira Tuttle Gould and Isaac Vail Brokaw, who, with his brother William Vail Brokaw, owned the New York City-based Brokaw Brothers clothing stores from 1856 until his death in 1914. His elder brother Irving Brokaw was a national ice skating champion and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, finishing fourth in the men's competition.
As the eldest child, George inherited the right to live for life in the Brokaw Mansion at 1 East 79th Street in Manhattan, and later fought with his brother Howard C. Brokaw over his plans to demolish the mansion.
Educated in the Cutler School; then Princeton University, graduating in 1902 with a BA, and New York Law School, graduating in 1911 with a LLB. He was admitted to the bar in 1912 and continued his legal education with an LLM degree from the University of Toledo College of Law, where he was first in his class, graduating in 1906. Toledo Law's weekly newspaper is still named after him: Toledo's Brokaw Edition. There is a portrait in the Brokaw Edition's office.
Brokaw's first wife was writer Clare Booth Luce, whom he married on 10 August 1923 in Greenwich, Conn. The marriage ended in divorce. Their daughter Ann Clare Brokaw was born August 25, 1924 and died in an auto accident in 1944.
On Jan. 10, 1931, Brokaw married Frances Ford Seymour in a small New York City wedding. Brokaw and Seymour had a daughter Frances de Villers Brokaw, born October 10, 1931. After Brokaw died in 1935, Seymour married Henry Fonda in 1936 and the couple had two children, Jane and Peter.
One of his brothers, Irving Brokaw, was a national ice skating champion and competed in the 1908 Olympics.
On August 10, 1923, Brokaw married the writer, Clare Boothe (1903–1987) in Greenwich, Connecticut. According to Boothe, Brokaw was an abusive alcoholic, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1929. Together, they were the parents of Ann Clare Brokaw (1924–1944). She was a 19-year-old senior at Stanford University who was killed in an automobile accident.
On January 10, 1931, Brokaw married Frances Ford Seymour (1908–1950) in a small New York City wedding. Together, Brokaw and Seymour had a daughter, Frances de Villers Brokaw (1931–2008).
Brokaw died of a heart attack on May 28, 1935. After his death, Frances Ford Seymour married actor Henry Fonda in 1936; the couple had two children, Jane and Peter Fonda.
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George Tuttle Brokaw's Timeline
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November 14, 1879
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New Jersey, United States
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August 25, 1924
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October 10, 1931
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New York, Kings County, New York, United States
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May 28, 1935
Age 55
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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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May 28, 1935
Age 55
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
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