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John Jacob Astor III (June 10, 1822 – February 22, 1890) was an American financier, philanthropist and a soldier during the American Civil War. He was a prominent member of the Astor family , becoming the wealthiest member in his generation and the founder of the British branch of the family.
John Jacob Astor Sr. (1763–1848) William Backhouse Astor Sr. (1792–1875) Charles Astor Bristed Sr. (1820–1874) John Jacob Astor III (1822–1890) William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) Matthew Astor Wilks (1844–1926) DeLancey Astor Kane (1844–1915) S. Nicholson Kane (1846–1906) William Waldorf Astor I (1848–1919) John Innes ...
May 1, 2015 · May 1, 2015. An attention-getter since its appearance in 1853 along the Hudson River, an Italianate villa known as Nuits in the Westchester village of Irvington, once home to John Jacob Astor...
Astor left enough money to care for John Jr. for the rest of his life. William continued building the family fortune, and was an ancestor of John Jacob Astor III, John Jacob Astor IV, and John Jacob Astor VI . Astor is buried in Trinity Church Cemetery in Manhattan.
Apr 4, 2023 · John Jacob Astor was a German immigrant who came to America and became the wealthiest man in the nation. He was a shrewd, successful businessman, and was primarily involved in real estate and the fur trade. His involvement in the Oregon Territory contributed to America’s fulfillment of Manifest Destiny.
Aug 19, 1997 · John Jacob Astor, the man most closely associated with the American fur trade and whose name is a synonym for wealth surpassing imagination, became involved in the business without ever setting a trap. The German-born immigrant to the United States, who rose from obscurity to build a financial empire, typifies the great American success story.
John Jacob Astor (1822–90), son of William Backhouse Astor, increased the fortune to between $75 million and $100 million. He was a more active philanthropist than his predecessors, making substantial gifts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Trinity Church as well as to the Astor Library.
