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George Washington Vanderbilt, John Singer Sargent, 1890 George W. Vanderbilt II was the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam. Though there is no evidence to suggest that he referred to himself using a numerical suffix, various sources have called him both George Washington Vanderbilt II and III.
Coffman was the first woman to receive a death sentence in California since the reinstatement of the death penalty in that state in 1977. James Marlow was also sentenced to death. In 2005, Coffman's petition to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari was denied. [20] Kerry Lyn Dalton
Cornelius Vanderbilt II's granddaughter Gloria Vanderbilt (1924–2019) was a noted artist, designer, actress, author, and business woman. Gloria's son, Anderson Cooper , is a Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, and television producer and personality.
Edenfield is the oldest death row inmate in Georgia. Tiffany Moss: Murdered her stepdaughter, 10-year-old Emani Moss. 5 years, 264 days Moss is the only female death row inmate in Georgia. Michael Nance: Robbed a bank and committed murder during a carjacking. 27 years, 115 days Lyndon Fitzgerald Pace
In the 1880s, Alva Vanderbilt succeeded in rising to the top of New York society; Arabella Huntington–one of the richest women in America–did not. Why?
The Four Hundred was a list of New York society during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs. Astor", for many years. After her death, her role in society was filled by three women: Mamie Fish, Theresa Fair Oelrichs, and Alva Belmont, [2] known as the "triumvirate" of American society. [3]
Completed in 1892, Marble House measures 140,000 square feet and has 50 rooms. The construction alone cost $11 million in 1892, or around $380 million today when adjusted for inflation.. After the ...
Because nearly all of California inmates with capital sentences have been moved off of Death Row and placed in regular high-security prisons — such as California State Prison, Sacramento, near ...