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Frank Armstrong Crawford-Vanderbilt (January 18, 1839 – May 4, 1885) was an American socialite and philanthropist. During the American Civil War, she was a strong supporter of the Confederate States of America. After the war, she lived in New York City and married multi-millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt.
[Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt] | Strengthening Ties: The Hidden Individuals behind Vanderbilt’s Founding. Creator Louis Alman, New York, NY. Date 1870. Type Photograph. Source John James Tigert IV Collection, Vanderbilt University Special Collections.
Bishop McTyeire gained access to Cornelius Vanderbilt through his wife Amelia’s familial connection with Vanderbilt’s second wife Frank. Frank and Amelia thus provided the crucial link between McTyeire and Vanderbilt that resulted in the Commodore’s endowment of Vanderbilt University.
Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt (1839–1885): 2nd wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt William Douglas Sloane (1844–1915): 1st husband of Emily Thorn Vanderbilt Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt (1845–1934): wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt II
11 de abr. de 2011 · On Aug. 21, 1869, Vanderbilt married the oddly named Frank Armstrong Crawford. He was 75; she was 32, and his second wife. She was also from Mobile, Ala., and an unrepentant Confederate.
Crawford House is named for Frank Armstrong Crawford, the second wife of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Her parents, expecting a son, named her before her birth. A Southern socialite, she was 45 years his junior when she married Vanderbilt.
While Bishop Holland McTyeire is credited with inspiring Vanderbilt’s gift, a network of hidden individuals helped actualize this dream. Vanderbilt’s second wife, Frank, and her cousin Amelia McTyeire forged “silent but golden” links in Vanderbilt’s ties to influential post-Civil War circles.
