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  1. Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman. [1] He was a member of the Vanderbilt family. [2]

  2. The Vanderbilt family is an American family who gained prominence during the Gilded Age. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on Fifth Avenue in New York ...

  3. Cornelius Vanderbilt III passed away on his yacht on March 1, 1942 when vacationing in Florida. His wife Grace outlived him by eleven years. She passed away on January 7, 1953. They are both buried in the Vanderbilt family mausoleum in the Moravian Cemetery in the community of New Dorp, Staten Island, New York. REFERENCES.

  4. Oct 18, 2017 · Brigadier General Cornelius Vanderbilt III, of the famous and wealthy family, arrived at Camp Lewis on August 20, 1918, and assumed division command. Vanderbilt's return follows the policy established by General John J. Pershing (1860-1948), commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, of returning soldiers with battlefield experience to ...

  5. Below follows Cornelius Vanderbilt III, the next member in this branch. He was the son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT III (1873-1942) WAS ONE OF WILLIAM HENRY VANDERBILT’S GRANDSONS. The next person is Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney [1875-1942]. She was a daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt II [1843-1899].

  6. May 4, 2022 · She died on January 7, 1953. They are buried together in the Vanderbilt family mausoleum in the Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp on Staten Island, New York. Sources . ↑ Entered by Theresa Carrier-Torrealba. Wikipedia:Cornelius_Vanderbilt_III; Vanderbilt, Arthur T., II (1989). Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt. New York: Morrow.

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  8. The eldest of Alice and Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s four sons, William Henry (1870–1892) and Cornelius (1873–1942), are the subjects of one of three low-relief portraits of Vanderbilt family members modeled by Saint-Gaudens for the couple’s palatial New York residence.

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