resting_place death_date death_place children birth_place party relatives parents birth_date spouse signature image article_title name occupation
moravian cemetery 8 december 1885 new york city , new york , u.s. cornelius emily thorn vanderbilt florence adele vanderbilt frederick william vanderbilt eliza vanderbilt osgood vanderbilt george washington vanderbilt ii ii margaret louisa vanderbilt william kissam vanderbilt new brunswick , new jersey republican cornelius granddaughter -rrb- reginald claypoole vanderbilt -lrb- grandson -rrb- alice vanderbilt vanderbilt shepard -lrb- granddaughter -rrb- elliott fitch shepard , jr. -lrb- iii grandson -rrb- consuelo vanderbilt -lrb- granddaughter -rrb- harold stirling vanderbilt -lrb- -lrb- grandson -rrb- james watson webb ii -lrb- grandson -rrb- grandson -rrb- gertrude vanderbilt -lrb- cornelius vanderbilt sophia johnson 8 may 1821 maria his death -rrb- louisa kissam -lrb- m. 1841 -- 1885 ; appletons ' vanderbilt cornelius - william henry signature.png william h vanderbilt.jpg william henry vanderbilt
 william henry vanderbilt i owner railroads . of the new york central railroad and other
william henry vanderbilt

william henry `` billy '' vanderbilt i -lrb- may 8 , 1821 -- december 8 , 1885 -rrb- was an american businessman and philanthropist .
he was the eldest son of commodore cornelius vanderbilt and a prominent member of the vanderbilt family .
