Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
John Jacob Astor III
Financier/Philanthropist
Centurion, 1856–1879
Proposed by
Edward Bell
Edward Bell
born
June 10, 1822
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
February 22, 1890
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
December 6, 1856
Age thirty-four
Age thirty-four
buried
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum,
Manhattan, New York
Manhattan, New York
Archivist’s Notes
Father of William Waldorf Astor; cousin of Charles Astor Bristed; brother-in-law of John Carey Jr. and Franklin H. Delano