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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.
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.
[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.
Elliott Fitch Shepard (1833–1893): husband of Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard; 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
18 de mar. de 2021 · In 1873, Vanderbilt’s second wife, an Alabaman named Frank Armstrong Crawford, convinced Vanderbilt to make a half-million dollar donation to McTyeire to found the university. Crawford prided herself on being a rebel and was a staunch Confederate during the war.
On March 17, 1873, railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt moved to “strengthen the ties” between the North and the war-torn South by endowing the Central University of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. While Bishop Holland McTyeire is credited with inspiring Vanderbilt’s gift, a network of hidden individuals helped actualize this dream.
20 de jun. de 2023 · Jun 20, 2023, 10:30 AM. Edited by Seth Robertson. 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.
