George Tuttle Brokaw

He was born in the Elberon section of Long Branch, New Jersey, a son of Isaac Vail Brokaw, who with his brother, William, owned the New York City-based Brokaw Brothers clothing stores from 1856 until his death in 1914.{{cite news|title=ISAAC V. BROKAW DEAD.; Head of Brokaw Brothers Was Pioneer New York Merchant|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1913/09/30/archives/isaac-v-8rokaw-dead-head-of-brokaw-brothers-was-pioneer-new-york.html|access-date=17 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=30 September 1913}}{{cite news |title=Brokaw Heirs Get Estate In Trust. Realty and Stock to Wife and Sons and Daughter, to Go to Their Children. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50C1FFD385B13738DDDA10994D8415B838DF1D3 |newspaper=New York Times |date=October 18, 1913 |access-date=2013-12-19 }} 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.{{cite news |title=Irving Brokaw, 69, Noted Skater, Dies. National Champion in Figure Skating in 1908, Introduced 'International' Style Here. He Was Also An Artist. Had a Painting in Luxembourg Gallery. Member of Old New York Family |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/20/archives/irving-brokaw-69-noted-skater-dies-national-champion-in-figure.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=March 20, 1939 |access-date=2013-12-19 }}{{cite journal|title=['93]|journal=Princeton Alumni Weekly |volume=39 |issue=24|date=1938|page=558|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRNbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA558|access-date=17 August 2017|language=en}}

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.{{cite news|last1=Ennis|first1=Thomas W.|title=Landmark Mansion on 79th St. to Be Razed|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/17/landmark-mansion-on-79th-st-to-be-razed.html|access-date=17 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=17 September 1964}}{{cite news|title=G.T. BROKAW WINS SUIT TO RAZE HOME; Referee Koenig Recommends Tearing Down of 5th Av. Family Mansion for Apartments. FAVORS $800,000 MORTGAGE Petitioner Hails Decision as a Victory for Him and His Sister -- Brothers Fought Action.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/05/09/archives/gt-brokaw-wins-suit-to-raze-home-referee-koenig-recommends-tearing.html|access-date=17 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=9 May 1926}}

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.

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On August 10, 1923, Brokaw married writer Clare Boothe (1903–1987) in Greenwich, Connecticut.{{cite journal|last1=Morris|first1=Sylvia Jukes|title=The Story of Clare Boothe Brokaw|journal=Vanity Fair|date=May 1997|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1997/05/clare-boothe-brokaw-biography|access-date=17 November 2017}} According to Boothe, Brokaw was an abusive alcoholic, and the marriage ended in divorce on May 20, 1929."Brokaw Divorce Granted in Reno". San Francisco Examiner. May 21, 1929.{{cite news|last1=Krebs|first1=Albin|title=Clare Boothe Luce Dies at 84: Playwright, Politician, Envoy|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DE1339F933A25753C1A961948260|access-date=17 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=10 October 1987}} Before their divorce, they were the parents of one daughter:{{cite news|title=WIFE OF G.T. BROKAW SEEKS RENO DIVORCE; In Visit to San Francisco She Calls Second Recent Court Action of Family "Unfortunate."|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E01E4D91F31E33ABC4151DFB5668382639EDE&legacy=true|access-date=17 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 March 1929}}

• Ann Clare Brokaw (1924–1944), who died in a car accident at the age of nineteen while attending Stanford University.{{cite news|title=ANN BROKAW DIES IN AUTO COLLISION; Daughter of Clare Boothe Luce, Student at Leland Stanford, Had Just Left Mother|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/01/12/archives/ann-brokaw-dies-in-auto-collision-daughter-of-clare-boothe-luce.html|access-date=17 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=January 12, 1944}}

On January 10, 1931, Brokaw married Frances Ford Seymour (1908–1950) in a small New York City wedding.{{cite news|title=FRANCES SEYMOUR WEDS G.T. BROKAW; Lawyer's Bride a Former New Yorker, Who Recently Resided in Fairhaven, Mass.A QUIET CEREMONY HERE Both Bride and Bridegroom Are Members of Colonial Familiesof This City.|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html|access-date=17 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=January 11, 1931}} They had one child, a daughter:{{cite news|title=Daughter to Mrs. George T. Brokaw.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/10/12/archives/daughter-to-mrs-george-t-brokaw.html|access-date=17 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=12 October 1931}}

• Frances de Villers Brokaw (1931–2008),{{cite news |title=Who Was the Blond Mystery Sister in 'Jane Fonda in Five Acts'? |url=https://decider.com/2018/10/11/jane-fonda-mystery-sister-frances-de-villers-brokaw/ |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=Decider |date=11 October 2018}} who married Charles Leo Abry in 1949.{{cite news |title=FRANCES BROKAW A BRIDE; Wed in Christ Methodist Church to Charles L, Abry 4th |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/06/15/archives/frances-brokaw-a-bride-wed-in-christ-methodist-church-to-charles-l.html |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=15 June 1949}} She later married Francesco Corrias, Italy's Consul General.{{cite news |last1=Larkin |first1=Kathy |title=Boys' Town of Italy's dad at benefit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24995459/francesco-corrias-pan-fonda-abry/ |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=New York Daily News |date=24 March 1986 |pages=62}}{{cite news |title=Exchange With Italy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/06/arts/exchange-with-italy.html |access-date=21 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=6 February 1987}}

Brokaw died of a heart attack on May 28, 1935.{{cite news |title=George T. Brokaw, Lawyer, Dies at 55. Victim of Heart Attack After Illness of a Year. Retired Member of Firm Here |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/05/30/archives/george-t-brokaw-lawyer-dies-at-55-victim-of-heart-attack-after-l.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 30, 1935 |access-date=2013-12-19 }} 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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