Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1899 — DEATH OF A VANDERBILT. [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF A VANDERBILT.

Head of the Family, Cornelias, Passes Away Suddenly. Cornelius Vanderbilt, multi-millionaire, the head of the 'Vanderbilt family, died Tuesday morning at his home in New York. Vanderbilt had beeu ill for many months. Mr. Vanderbilt was suddenly taken worse at midnight Monday night, three hours after he had returned from Newport. Physicians were hastily summoned, but the patient grew gradually worse, despite their efforts. The end came shortly before 6 o’clock in the morning. The only members of thie family present* were Mrs. Vanderbilt, Reginald, Mr. Vanderbilt’s youngest son, and Gladys, the youngest daughter. Alfred, the favorite son, recently left for a tour of the world. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., the eldest sou, whose marriage to Miss Jennie Wilson two years ago displeased his father, wn* not at the dying man’s bedside. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the eldest son of the late William H. Vanderbilt and grandson of Cornelius (Commodore) Vanderbilt. He wns born on his father’s farm, Staten Island, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1843.