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The Vanderbilt family

Seven public generations of an American railroad fortune: from Cornelius the Commodore through the Breakers and Biltmore, Consuelo the Duchess, Gertrude Whitney, Gloria Vanderbilt, to Anderson Cooper.

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William Henry Vanderbilt

1821–1885

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  • Born. 8 May 1821 · New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Died. 8 December 1885 · New York, United States
  • Parents. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sophia Johnson
  • Married. Maria Kissam Vanderbilt
  • Children. Cornelius Vanderbilt II, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Frederick William Vanderbilt, George Washington Vanderbilt II

Doubled the fortune. “The public be damned.”

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