Alexander Henry Stevens

Alexander Henry Stevens (June 13, 1834 – July 10, 1916) was an American banker. Early life Stevens was born on June 13, 1834, in New York City. He was the son of banker Byam Kerby Stevens (1792–1870) and Frances (née Gallatin) Stevens (1803–1877). His father inherited Stevens House, the historic home of his grandfather, Maj. Gen. Ebenezer Stevens. Among his siblings were Among his siblings were Albert Gallatin Stevens, Frances Mary Stevens (wife of Rev. Uriah Tracy), and fellow bankers Frederic W. Stevens and Byam K. Stevens Jr. (who married Elizabeth Langdon Wilks, sister of Matthew Astor Wilks) His maternal grandfather was Albert Gallatin, the 4th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom and France. His paternal grandparents were Major General Ebenezer Stevens and Lucretia (née Ledyard) Sands Stevens. From his grandmother's first marriage to Richardson Sands (younger brother of Joshua and Comfort Sands), she was the grandmother of fellow banker Samuel Stevens Sands. Among his many prominent relatives was uncle Alexander Hodgdon Stevens, a surgeon, and his first cousins, Lucretia Stevens (née Rhinelander) Jones, the mother of author Edith Wharton. He was educated at Huddard's School in New York City, entering Yale College in 1850 where he graduated four years later in 1854.