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Descendants
Main article: Vanderbilt family
Cornelius Vanderbilt was buried in the family vault in the Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp on Staten
Island. Three of his daughters and son, Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt, contested the will on the grounds
that their father had insane delusions and was of unsound mind. The unsuccessful court battle lasted
more than a year, and Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt committed suicide in 1882.
Vanderbilt is the great-great-great grandfather of journalist Anderson Cooper.
Children of Cornelius Vanderbilt & Sophia Johnson:
1. Phebe Jane (Vanderbilt) Cross (1814-1878)
2. Ethelinda (Vanderbilt) Allen (1817-1889)
3. Eliza (Vanderbilt) Osgood (1819-1890)
4. William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885)
5. Emily Almira (Vanderbilt) Thorn (1823-1896)
6. Sophia Johnson (Vanderbilt) Torrance (1825-1912)
7. Maria Louisa (Vanderbilt) Clark Niven (1827-1896)
8. Frances Lavinia Vanderbilt (1828-1868)
9. Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt (1830-1882)
10. Mary Alicia (Vanderbilt) LaBau Berger (1834-1902)
11. Catherine Juliette (Vanderbilt) Barker LaFitte (1836-1881)
12. George Washington Vanderbilt (1839-1864)
See also
Railroads controlled by Vanderbilt
● New York and Harlem Railroad (1863-)
● Hudson River Railroad (1864-)
● New York Central Railroad (1867-)
● Canada Southern Railway (1873-) [8]
● Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway (1873?-)
● Michigan Central Railroad (1877-) [9]
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