Frederic William Stevens, B.A. 1858.

Born September 19, 1839,in New York City.
Died January 20, 1928, in New York City.

Father, Byam Kerby Stevens (B.A. 1811), a merchant;
son of General Ebenezer Stevens, an artillery officer in the
Revolutionary War and Major General of Artillery of New
York state m War of 1812, and Lucretia (Ledyard) Stevens;
descendant of Erasmus Stevens, who came to America from
Cornwall, England, about 1727 and settled in Boston, Mass.;
descended also from John Ledyard (born in England 1700),
who settled first in Southold, Long Island, and later in
Hartford, Conn , where he died in 1771.

Mother, Frances
(Gallatin) Stevens; daughter of Albert Gallatin (graduate of
the University of Geneva, Switzerland, 1779 who came to
Boston in 1780), member of Congress, Secretary of the
Treasury, and minister to France and Great Britain, and
Hannah (Nicholson) Gallatm Yale relatives include: Samuel
Stevens (B A 1805), Alexander H. Stevens (B.A. 1807), and
John A. Stevens (B A. 1813) (uncles); Alexander H. Stevens,
'54 (brother), Eben Stevens, '92, and Francis K Stevens, '97 S.
(nephews); Byam K. Stevens, '19, and William D. Stevens, '23
(grandnephews); and Ledyard Stevens, '64 (cousin).

Preparatory training received under Richard P. Jenks.
Oration appointment Junior year, high oration appointment
Senior year; member University Crew, Brothers in Unity,
Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Kappa Sigma Theta, Psi Upsilon,
Skull and Bones, and Phi Beta Kappa.

Spent three years abroad after graduating from Yale,
most of the time in Berlin, entered Columbia Law School in
October, 1861, served as a Private in 22d New York Militia
June-August, 1862, being stationed at Harper's Ferry during
the greater part of the period; subsequently spent ten
months m Europe and then reentered Columbia Law School
(LL B 1864); afterwards practiced law in New York City,
although not extensively; was also engaged in the management
of his estate and was associated with various banks; director
of Chemical National Bank 1871-1928; director of Gallatin
National Bank from 1879 until it was taken over by the
Hanover National Bank in 1912, of Bank for Savings since
1886 (first vice-president 1902-1920), of New York Gas
Light Company from 1871 until its absorption (with five
other gas companies) into Consolidated Gas Company in
1884, and of Eagle Fire Insurance Company in 1873; trustee
of Bank of New York & Trust Company (formerly New York
Life & Trust Company) 1872-1922 and since then honorary
trustee; trustee of New York Free Circulating Library and
member of circulating committee of New York Public Library
1880-1908; member of council of University Club 1879-1893;
member St. James Church (Episcopal), New York City

Married (1) October 8, 1862, in New York City, Adele
Livingston, daughter of Joseph and Adele (Livingston)
Sampson.

Children: Adele Livingston, married Frederick
H. Allen (B A. Harvard 1880); Joseph Sampson; Frederic
William (died in infancy); Frances Gallatin (Countess
Maurice des Monstiers-Mennville), and Mabel Ledyard
(Countess Micislas Orlowska). Mr. and Mrs. Stevens were
legally separated in 1886.

Married (2) December 8, 1904, in New York City, Alice Caroline, daughter of Daniel James and Charlotte Louise (Vail) Seely, of St John, New Brunswick, and great-granddaughter of Oliver Arnold (B A 1776).

One daughter, Frederica, the wife of John Hone Auerbach
(B.A. Princeton 1905).
Death due to old age. Buried in Greenwood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Survived by wife, one son, four daughters,
and fourteen grandchildren.