Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on the 27th day of May, in the year 1794, on a farm on Staten Island. His father was a well-to-do agriculturist, not possessed of any considerable fortune ...

In 1794, Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. He changed his name to Commodore Vanderbilt in 1807. He was an American shipping and railroad magnate who amassed a ...

In 1794, Cornelius Vanderbilt was born in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. He changed his name to Commodore Vanderbilt in 1807. He was an American shipping and railroad magnate who amassed a ...

It was the nickname of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the founder and first benefactor of the university that bears his name (more on ...

Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt made his fortune in the steamship industry and, later, in the New York Central Railroad in the late 19th Century. In 1885, Commodore's grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt ...

Private Jacob L. (“Jakie”) Webb, 27, playful great-great-grandson of the original Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, sued his wife for divorce while he sweated out a sentence, his second ...

He was a great-great grandson of Railroad Builder Cornelius Vanderbilt ... But the tough, devoutly Republican old commodore was no model for Frederick Vanderbilt Field. Before his generation ...

NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 8. -- Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt had among his guests on the flagship North Star, for the Astor Cup race to-day, Robert Goelet, Edward C. Post, the Rev. Roderick Terry ...