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William Henry Vanderbilt. railroad developer, financier Born: 5/8/1821 Birthplace: New Brunswick, N.J. Being the son of Cornelius Vanderbelt did little to secure William a job in the family empire. His father regarded him as incompetent, and changed his opinion only when William had turned around the Staten Island Railroad (1857–63), which had been bankrupt.
WILLIAM HENRY VANDERBILT (1821-1885) HE WAS THE SON, MAIN HEIR AND SUCCESSOR TO THE COMMODORE. HE BECAME THE CENTRAL PERSON WHO EXPANDED THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD SYSTEMHICH HIS FATHER DEVELOPED. William Henry Vanderbilt had two sons consisting of Cornelius Vanderbilt II [1843-1899] and William Kissam Vanderbilt [1849-1920].
Born in New York City, WILLIAM HENRY VANDERBILT was a descendent of Cornelius Vanderbilt and the son of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who died aboard the Lusitania. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War I, he attended Princeton University for two years. In 1925 he founded the Automotive Transportation Company, which was a holding company […]
"William Henry Vanderbilt" published on by null. (1821–85)William Henry Vanderbilt, the eldest son of steamboat and railway magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, was born on Staten Island, New York on 8 May 1821.
Beginning with the efforts of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) in the early 19th century, the Vanderbilt family amassed a fortune in the shipping and railroad industries. They became one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in the United States. Cornelius’s son William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–85) took over from his father.
1 de may. de 2022 · Birth: 1834 Death: Aug. 16, 1902 New York, USA. Wife of Nicholas La Bau who died in 1873. Family links: Parents: Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794 - 1877) Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt (1795 - 1868) Spouse: George Archer Osgood (1820 - 1882) Burial: Moravian Cemetery New Dorp Richmond County New York, USA.
William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–85), president of the New York Central and numerous other railroads, was a quiet, honest, modest, and, above all else, moderate man. Although the most important railroader of his time, he would be almost wholly forgotten today were it not for four simple words he so uncharacteristically and incautiously uttered on October 8, 1882: “The public be damned.”
