The Vanderbilts
By: Jerry E. Patterson.
Publisher: H.N. Abrams
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Vanderbilt family.; Vanderbilt family -- Homes and haunts.; Mansions -- United States.; United States -- Biography.; United States -- Genealogy.
Description: Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was the son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Phebe Hand of Port Richmond on the Kill van Kull, Staten Island, New York. He was a descendant of Jan Aertsen van der Bilt the emigrant, who emigrated from Holland to the colony of New Netherland about 1650 and settled at Flatbush, Long Island. He married (1) Sophia Johnson (1795-1868), his first cousin in 1813 and (2) Frank Armstrong Crawford (1839-1885), his first cousin twice removed in 1869. Cornelius and Sophia were the parents of thirteen children. Seven generations of descendants are given. Includes numerous colored plates and historical items relating to the family's rise to fortune.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [297]-298.
Includes index.