Cornelius_Vanderbilt had more than 12 children : Phebe after 1813 , Ethelinda after 1816 , Eliza after 1818 , William after 1820 , Emily after 1822 , Sophia after 1824 , Maria after 1826 , Frances after 1827 , Cornelius Jeremiah after 1829 , George after 1831 ( who died young after 1835 ) , Mary after 1833 , Catherine after 1835 and another George after 1838 .
They had 13 children together : In addition to running his ferry , Vanderbilt bought his brother-in-law John De Forest 's schooner Charlotte and traded in food and merchandise in partnership with his father and others .
Cornelius Vanderbilt