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 ...

The Vanderbilt family's wealth grew out of the shipping and railroad industries, both of which were largely monopolized by the the family patriarch, Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, in the late ...

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

As a great-grandson of the tough old Commodore who built the New York Central, Cornelius Vanderbilt had some claims to aristocracy. Grace’s social assets were far more modest. Her father ...

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 ...

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 ...