By contrast, Vanderbilt befriended his other foes after their fights ended, including Drew and Cornelius Garrison. Following his wife Sophia's death in 1868, Vanderbilt went to Canada. He bought large amounts of real estate in Manhattan and Staten Island, and took over the He then turned to transatlantic steamship lines, running in opposition to the heavily subsidized In November 1855, Vanderbilt began to buy control of Accessory Transit once again. He began working on his father's ferry in New York Harbor as a boy, quitting school at the age of 11.
Because of this, his father left him a trust fund of just $200,000, which was a sizable amount of money for the time but just a fraction of a … At the age of 16, Vanderbilt decided to start his own ferry service. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option.Share this memorial using social media sites or email.Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print.Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager.Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you.You may not upload any more photos to this memorialThis photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photosThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorialThis photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photosThis photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 20 photos to this memorialAlso an additional 2 volunteers within fifty miles.You have chosen this person to be their own family member.Enter a valid email address and a feedback message.We were unable to submit your feedback at this time.
Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a self-made multi-millionaire who became one of the wealthiest Americans of the 19th century. If you have questions, please contact Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person.You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer.Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab.
His wife received $500,000, their New York City home, and 2,000 shares of common stock in the New York Central Railroad. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial?
His younger son, Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt, lacked his father’s business skills and squandered money on lavish spending and gambling. Verify and try again.Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive?This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review.Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried.For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab.All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Cornelius Vanderbilt, byname Commodore Vanderbilt, (born May 27, 1794, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, U.S.—died January 4, 1877, New York, New York), American shipping and railroad magnate who acquired a personal fortune of more than $100 million.. Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt, the discarded son of the late Commodore Vanderbilt, shot himself in the head at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and died four hours later.
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Billy had had a nervous breakdown early in life, and his father had sent him to a farm on Staten Island. From the age of eighteen, he suffered from epilepsy, which his father interpreted as a sign of weakness.