Emily Thorn Vanderbilt
| Emily Thorn Vanderbilt | |
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 Mrs. William Douglas Sloane (Emily Thorn Vanderbilt) by Benjamin Curtis Porter | |
| Born |
1852 Staten Island, New York |
| Died |
July 29, 1946 Lenox, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Heiress |
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Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (1852 – July 29, 1946) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women in 1888 with an endowment of more than $1,000,000.[1][2]
Early life
She was born in 1852 as the second daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896). Her paternal grandparents were Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) and his wife, Sophia Johnson (1795–1868).
Personal life
She married William Douglas Sloane, the brother of Henry T. Sloane of the carpet firm W. & J. Sloane, and they had three daughters and two sons.[3] In 1885, she and her husband commissioned Peabody and Stearns to build Elm Court, the mammoth shingle-style 'cottage' in Lenox, Massachusetts.[4]
In 1920, after Sloane's death, she married Henry White (1850–1927), American Ambassador to France and Italy, and a signer of the Treaty of Versailles.
She died on July 29, 1946 in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Legacy
She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women with an endowment of more than $1,000,000.[1][2] The Hospital is now part of NewYork-Presbyterian / Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital still in use today.[2]
Descendants
Emily Thorn Vanderbilt Sloane White's grandchildren include Adele Hammond, paternal grandmother of actor Timothy Olyphant, Alice Frances Hammond, wife of jazz musician Benny Goodman, Rachel Hammond, wife of Manley D. Breck and cattle breeder, and John Henry Hammond II, talent scout.
Family tree
| Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794–1877 | Sophia Johnson 1795–1868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maria Louisa Kissam 1821–1896 | William Henry Vanderbilt 1821–1885 | Emily Almira Vanderbilt 1823–1896 | William Knapp Thorn 1807–1887 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Douglas Sloane 1844–1915 | Emily Thorn Vanderbilt 1852–1946 | Henry White 1850–1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florence Adele Sloane 1873–1960 | Lila Sloane 1879–1934 | Emily Vanderbilt Sloane 1874–1970 | John Henry Hammond 1871–1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adele Sloane Hammond 1902-1998 | John Kensett Olyphant, Jr. 189?-19?? | Alice Frances Hammond 1905–1978 | Benny Goodman 1909–1986 | Rachel Hammond 1908–2007 | John Henry Hammond II 1910–1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F06EEDF153EE033A25753C2A9659C946496D6CF
- 1 2 3 "Open Surgical Ward in Sloane Hospital" (PDF). The New York Times. 1911-03-02. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ↑ "William D. Sloane Dies In Aiken, S. C.; New York Merchant and Financier Expires After a Short Illness, at 71. A Trustee Of Columbia. Endowed with His Wife the Sloane Hospital for Women. A Benefactor of Yale". New York Times. March 20, 1915.
- ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.