Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-18
Men Worth Millions.
A Few Americans with the Ac-
cumulative Talent,
WHO MANAGE TO WORRY ALONG

| who are worth S., DOC, 600 each and upward is
| an interesting compilation as showing the
personal fortunes of the United States And
| 1t Is an interesting fact that outside Of the
Aston and Vanderbilt families ali the Amer
leans who have this much money made it
from the most humble beginnings. In the
subjoined list no man is mentioned who is
not believed to be worth $5,00O,00O or over.
An extraordinary coterie Of rich men were
those who few days ago acted as pall-bear-
ers at the funeral of Wesley Dobson, of
Bethlehem, Pa, himself worth $1,000 900.
Dobson's pall-bearers were thirteen in num-
Der, and the average wealth each person
| represented was nearly SS,000,000. The total
wealth of the thirteen was 500, Oo0, 900 They
were Z. L. Wilbur, president of the LIE.
high Valley Railroad; Gen W f.
Doster; Robert Packer Linderman, grand
son of the late Asa Packer; William
Chapman, the millionaire slate manufactur-
er; Robert II. Sayre, Samuel b. Price, Z. B.
Leisenring, Stanley H. Goodwin, George H.
Meyers, Robert Lockhart, ex-senator Eckley
b. Coke, whose fortune is estimated at 500
900, 600; John Thomas and Daniel Bertsh, the
two latter the chief railroad and coal barons
of the Lehigh valley
L. q. Letter, Washington, d. c., bega life
poor and is now worth SO, 600, 900, made
mostly in dry goods in Chicago
Vice President Morton is worth $40 900 600,
and did not have large nest-egg to start
with
caldwell Cole, owner of the yacht Daunt-
less Is a bachelor, 81, and worth 5000 900
MIR. Cole Is one of the few rich men who have
inherited most of their fortune
a. NJ. Cannon. Washington territory ped
died sewing machines through Oregon, and
is now rated at S5,01O,000
Ex-senator Palmer, Michigan, married a
fortune and is worth 81, 900, 600
A. j. Drexel, of Philadelphia, is worth
$50, OOJ 900. He is the son of Francis Martin
Drexel, who was born i'll Austrian Tyrol
lI@', a portrait painter of merit, who came To
this country to avoid one OF Napoleon's con-
scriptions. He engaged in the banking bust
ness and his sons inherited considerable for
tune
Claus Spreckels is rated as high as So ,OOO,-
900
Philip Armour Chicago, began. life as a
butcher boy, and now has So, 0o0,00O
James j. Hill, president of the Manitoba
railroad, who not many years ago paid Nor
man W. kittson s., 500, 900 cash for one-fifth
interest in the road, began earning monay by
working on the st. Paul leyee for $50 a
month He was afterward agent at st. Paul
for line of river steamers Mr. Hill is now
worth Sl5,00O,000
John |. Blair, Blairstown, n. j., is worth
$40, oOO,DJ, and began business by selling
plug tobacco and notions
Roiert Bonner, New York, began poor and
has S6O0O,O 900
James Mcmillan, Detroit, has made S1O-
OOO, 900
The As or heirs will inherit 500, 900, 900
mostly in gilt-edged real estate
Calls F. Huntington, the railroad mag
nate, was once poor man, and is worth
40,0OO0O0.
Montgomery Sears, Boston, inherited So
OO0,OOO from his father, but had to contest
the will to get it. He is believed to be worth
$l2,OOO,0O0 His father began life poor
George NJ Pullman the palace car man.
began life in a small furniture business in AL
bion, n. Y. He began with $50 and now has
S5,0JO0O0
b. T. Hutchinson, "Old Hutch. started life
at the shoemaker's bench at Lynn, Mass He
is worth IS 0O0, 900
George Ehret, New York beer king. is
but 40 years old and worth IS ZOO, 900 ~He
was 50 poor few years ago wheu he
reached this country that he could not
speak the English language" is the way his
financial condition was expressed to the
writer
Gen Russell A. Alger, of Detroit, is worth
IS, 600 900, and more
Senator John p Jones came to this coun-
try from Wales, and went gold hunting in
40 He If worth SIS. 000,OOO
Marshall Field, of Chicago, began as clerk
In Potter Palmer's store, and has SIS, O0O,-
600
John D. Rockefeller, of New York, began
life as hookkeeper i'll Cleveland. and is re-
ported TO be worth $50, 600, 900 He is still a
young man, and one of the brainiest and
most unassuming of Americas great flnan-
ciels
His brother William A Rockefeller, is
worth $50, OO0,O0
Henry A. Flagler, who built the Ponce de
Leon hotel at St Augustine Fla said to be
the finest hotel in the world, is worth Sl5,-
0O0, 900.
John ]. Jennings, one of Chicago's oldest
residents, has made g., 600, 900 in real estate
The four male members of the Vanderbilt
family are rated: Cornelius, Sl10, 600, 900;
William K, ss5, 900, 600; Frederick W, S1o,-
600, 900; George W, SIS, 100000
Jay Gould can not be worth less than S75,-
000, 600
F. - Barnum began poor, and has S. ,OOO,-
600.
John T. Davis, St Louis, has made Sl5,-
100000, mostly in dry goods.
Charles Mcclure, st. Louis, made SIS ,OOO,-
900 in Granite Mountain
Ex-Governor English, of Connecticut, has
an estate valued at IS. 000.000
Andrew Carnegie, the iron king, is worth
$40, 900, 900, and came to this country from
Scotland poor man
Ten cottagers at Lenox last summer were
rated as follows: d. w. Bishop, SIS, 900, 900;
Geo, ge W. Westinghouse, So, 000, 000 W. D.
Sloane, SIS, 600 900; Charles Lanier, SIS ,OO0,-
900; g. G. Haven, $4,000 600; George s.
Croker, S12, GOO, 600; w. H. Bradford, So
DOC, 900; Arson P. Stokes, s., 000, 900; Brayton
Ives, So, 00O, 0O0; Col Auchmutty, So, 00O, 600
Charles F. A. Henrichs began as cerk
and now has s. ,OOO, GOO
J. W. Mackay, $50, 900 900, was ship
builder at days wages before he was gold
hunter
Senator Jane, G. Fair kept saloon for
miners; and is worth S20, OOO, 600.
Leland Stanford is worth $40, OOO, 600
Charles Pratt, the Brooklyn oil man, is
worth "a, 100000
Russell Sage is 70 years old and worth S4Q,-
100000
Samuel A. Scott, Kansas City, has s10,-
100000
George w. Childs, of Philadelphia, was an
errand boy in bookstore, became clerk
then partner with R. Z. Paterson, and
later With j. B. Lippincott in the publishing
business. Among the famous books issued by
the firm was Parson Brownlow's "Reminis-
cences," for which they paid the author s16,.
600 in royalties. Mr.. Childs is worth not less
than $l5, zoo, 600
John Wanamaker, the new postmaster
general is worth Sl0,0OO,OOO
Warner Miller Is worth IS, 100000.
Secretary Window is worth %, 100000.
SidnAX lillian nj b,.a lion,