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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 was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the founder of Vanderbilt University. She influenced him to support a Southern Methodist institution and corresponded with Bishop McTyeire.
Frank married Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794 - 1877) on 21 Aug 1869 in London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. Frank died on 4 May 1885 in New York, New York aged 46. Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt was a 19th century American socialite and philanthropist.
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.
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.
Frank Armstrong Crawford was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who endowed the Central University of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1873. She and her cousin Amelia McTyeire helped strengthen the ties between the North and the South by supporting Vanderbilt's education and research.
20 de jun. de 2023 · Illustrations by Chris Wormell. In March 1873, Cornelius Vanderbilt and his wife, Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt, gave a charitable gift that was groundbreaking in every sense of the word.
