George Tuttle Brokaw

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George Tuttle Brokaw (born 14 November 1879 New Jersey U.S.A., died April 1936 in Connecticut) was an American lawyer and sportsman.

He was born 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. At his death in 1913, Isaac Vail Brokaw left a net estate of $12,318,569.02, of which George T. Brokaw's share was $1,947,302. He also inherited the right to live for life in the Brokaw mansion at 1 East 79th Street in Manhattan.

[edit] Marriages

Brokaw's first wife was writer Clare Booth Luce, whom he married on 10 August 1923. Their daughter Ann Clare Brokaw was born August 25th, 1924. According to his first wife, Brokaw was an abusive alcoholic, and the marriage ended in divorce in 1929.

Brokaw's second marriage was to Frances Ford Seymour from 1931 until his death in 1936. Seymour had a daughter Frances with Brokaw, and two children with her second husband, Henry Fonda - Jane and Peter.