_Cornelius VANDERBILT ____+
                                                      | (1794 - 1877) m 1813     
                           _William Henry VANDERBILT _|
                          | (1821 - 1885) m 1841      |
                          |                           |_Sophia JOHNSON __________+
                          |                             (1795 - 1868) m 1813     
 _Cornelius VANDERBILT II_|
| (1843 - 1899) m 1867    |
|                         |                            _Samuel KISSAM ___________+
|                         |                           | (1796 - 1868)            
|                         |_Maria Louisa KISSAM ______|
|                           (1821 - 1896) m 1841      |
|                                                     |_Margaret Hamilton ADAMS _+
|                                                       (1796 - 1872)            
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|--Cornelius VANDERBILT III
|  (1873 - 1942)
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|                          _Abraham Evan GWYNNE ______|
|                         | (1821 - 1855)             |
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|_Alice Claypoole GWYNNE _|
  (1845 - 1934) m 1867    |
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                          |_Rachel Moore FLAGG _______|
                            (1822 - 1884)             |
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