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Corneilus Vanderbilt Was born on May, 27,1794 on Stata island in New York.
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The timeline of Corneulius Vandebilt. From Birth to death.
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In 1813 Vandrbilt marreid his first cousin Sophia Jhonson. They had 13 children 11 that ould survive till there adult hood.
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In 1817 Mr. Vanderbilt went to work for a wealthy buisnessman who owned steam boats and Vanderbilt became a captian. He would ride the water between New Jersey and New york.
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In 1850 Vanderbilt made a steamship wich would carry people through New York City through San frasisco.
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During the cuval war Vanderbilt donted his biggest ship to the union army then he retired his shipping company.
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In 1864 Vanderbilt retired from the steamship buisness with about 30 million dollars.At age 70 he looked into the railroads.
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In 1864 after vanderbilt started the railroads he came up with the New York & Harlem and Hudson Line. It runs down the Erie Canal and then heads toward the New York Central Railroad.
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In 1871 Cornelious Vanderbilt Made a center to the New York Central Railroad. It came with features like elavators, and a glass boloon roof to keep the noise and smoke from gettng in. From the outside roads.
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In 1873 his wife Frank told him about Reverend Holland Nimmons Mctyeire, Mctyeire asked him to fund a Methodist University in Tennessee. They talked for sevral years and Vanderbilt promised before his death a gift of 1 million dollars wich is now Vanderbilt Universty.
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In 1876 Cornelius Vanderbilt got very ill and was very rude to his doctors. He called them old grannys and would sneak out of his bed.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt died On January 4, 1877 of exhaustion.He died in Manhattan New york city.
