Cornelius Vanderbilt – now a staple of American industrialization and wealth – was once a man with hardly anything to his name. ... this was contested by his other remaining children.

Cornelius Vanderbilt and His Family Leave Boston for a Cruise in the Mediterranean. Share full article. Special to The New York Times. Feb. 14, 1904; ...

William H. Vanderbilt, eldest son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, died at 10:15 o'clock last night at the home of his father, Fifty-seventh Street and Fifth Avenue.