The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-04-18
NJ ON who are Rich.


| tor and Vanderbilt families neary all tn
Americans who have this much none,
made it from the most humble beginnings
| In the snhjoined list no man is mentioned
who is not believed to be worth S. 900 .00
, or over. An extraordinary coterie of ricf
men were those who few days ago actet
as rail- bearers at the funeral of Weston
Sc. 600 eco. blossoms pall>beareIs werl
thirteen in number and the average wealth
each man represented was nearly$S ,000, 900
The total wealth of the thirteen was $780,
100000 They were f. P. Wilbur. pres-
dent of the Lehgh Valley Railroad; Gen.
W. E. Doster. Robert Packer Linderman,
grandson of the late ASH Packer; Win.
Chapman. the millionaire slate manufac-
turer; Robert Fl. Slyre, Samuel B. Price
&. i. I.eispnriDg, Stanley II. Goodwin,
George H. Meyers, Robert l,ockhart, ex
Senator Eckley B. Coke. whose fortune is
estimated at $40, 900 900: John Thomas
and Daniel Bertsh, the two latter the chief
railroad and coal harons of the Lehigh
Valley.
L. 4 Letter, of Washington, D. c., be-
gan life poor, and is now worth $40 000,-
600, made mostly in dry goods in Chicago.
Vice-President Morton is worth $lO,s
600 600. and did not have a large nest egg
to start with.
Caldwell Cole. owner of the yacht
Danntless. is a bachelor of 50 years, and
worth re 000,0Q0. MIR. Cole is one Of the
few rich men who have inherited most of
their FORTUNE.
A. M. Cannon, OF Washington Ter
ritory, peddled sewing machines through
Oregon, and is now rated at SIS 100000.
Ex-senator Palmer, of Michigan, mar
ried a fortune, ard is worth Sc 900, OOO
A. J. Drexel. of Philadelphia, is worth
$50. 900. 900. He is the son of Franc IS Mar
tin Drexel, who was born in Austrian
Tyrol, 1852, a portrait painter of merit,
who came to this country to avoid one of
Napoleon s conscriptions. He engaged in
the banking business. and his sons inner.
tied considera tle fortune.
Claus Spreckles is rated as high as $50,
600, 600.
Phil Armour, Chicago, began life as a
butcher boy. and now has $25 DOC, 900.
James J. Hill, president of the Manito-
ba Railroad, who not many years ago, paid
Norman w. Kitson IS 100000 cash for
one fifth interest in the road, began earn
ing money by working on the st. Paul
levee for $50 a month. He was afterward
ers. Mr.. Hill is now worth SIS. 100000.
Jno I. Blair, Blairstown, N. j., is worth
$4,000, 900, and began business by selling
plug tobacco and notions.
Robert Bonner, New York, began poor,
and has Sc 100000.
James Mcmillan, Detroit, has made $40,
| 900, 900.
The Astor heirs will inherit $500 900 ,00O
-~a.ostly in gilt-edged real estate.
Coils 2. Huntington, the railroad mag.
nate, was once poor man, and is worth
$40 ,000, 0CO.
Montgomery Sears, of Boston, inherited
! SO 600 0C0 900 from his father, but had to
contest the will to getlt He is believed
to be worth $50 900, 0O0 His father began
life very very poor.
George M. Pullman, the palace car man
began life in small furniture business in
Albion, N. Y. He began on $3.50, and now
has IS, 900, 900.
B. P. Hutchinson, Old Hutch, +" started
life at the shoemaker bench at Lynn,
Mass. He is worth SIS 100000,
George Ehret, a New Y orlS beer king, is
but 40 years old, and worth $4,000 ,O00,-
He was so poor few years ago when he
reached this country that he could not
speak the English language" is the way
bis financial condition was expressed to
the writer.
Gen. Russell A. Alger, Detroit. is worth
s., 000. 900,
Senator j ohm r Jones came to this coun.
try from Wales and went gold hunting in
49, He is worth $4,000 600.
Marshall Field. Chicago. began as a
clerk in Potter Palmer's store and has
S15 900 600
John d. Rockefeller, New York, began
life as boolkeeper in Cleveland, and is
reputed to be worth 500 900, 600. He is
still young man and one of the brainest
and most unassuming of Americas great
| fnanciers.
| His brother, VIM. A. Rockefeller, is
worth 500, 100000.
Henry A. Flagler, who built the Ponce
de Leon Hotel at St. Augustine, Florida
said to be the finest hotel in the world, is
worth SIS, 900, 900.
John J. Jennings, one of Chioago's old
est residents, has made $5,000,000 in rea
estate.
The four male members Of the Wander
blt family are rated; Cornelius $4,000,
900; VIM. X, $S5 100000; Frederick W.
SIC, 900 ,000 George W., SIS 900 900.
Jay Gould cannot be worth Jess thai
$75 900, 200.
| P. T, Barnum began poor. He ha
| IS, 600 900.
Elk Gov. English, of Connecticut, ha
an estate valued at IS 900 600.
Andrew Carnegie, the iron king, is wort
$40, eco, 900, and came to this country from
Scotland a poor man.
Ten cottages at Lenox last summer wer
rated as follows: D. w. Bishop, $4,000
900; George w. Westinghouse, 1000, 00(
w. D. Sloane, $4,000 600; Chas. Laniel
$4,000, 900; G.. G. II 4ven, $l2 900 ,00(
George A. Croker. Sl2 900 900; w. II
Bradford, $40 900 900; Anson z. Stokes
5000 900: Brayton Ives. IS 100000: Co
Auchmutty, $4,000, 600.
Charles F. A. Heinrich5 began as
Clerk and now has S., 900 900.
J. w. Mackey, $50 900 600, was shi]
builder at days wages before he was
gold hunter.
Senator James G. Fair kept a saloon fl
miners, and is worth $50, 900 900.
Leland Stamford is worth SAC 900 ,O00
Charles Pratt, the Brooklyn oil man,
worth IS 100000
Russell Sage is 20 years old and wor
! $40 ,0C0, 900
,,at II l.