Stuyvesant fish biography samples

American socialite, wife of Stuyvesant Fish, 1853–1915

Marion Graves Anthon Fish (nickname, "Mamie"; June 8, 1853 – May 25, 1915), often referred to by contemporaries as Mrs.

Stuyvesant Fish,^[1] was an American socialite and self-styled "fun-maker" of the Gilded Age. She and her husband, Stuyvesant Fish, maintained stately homes in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island.^[2]

Early life

Marion ("Mamie") Graves Anthon, as she was called, was born in the vicinity of Grimes Hill, New York, which at the time may have been known as Castleton Heights, in Castleton, New York.

At the time this was a town in Richmond County, New York, the area along with the rest of Richmond County of Staten Island later became part of New York City. She was the daughter of Sarah Attwood Meert and the General William Henry Anthon,^[3] a successful lawyer and Staten Island assemblyman.^[4][5] Her paternal grandfather was the