George Washington Vanderbilt (1839-1864) was an American soldier and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family.
The youngest child of the family founders, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Sophia Johnson, George Vanderbilt went to West Point and fought American Civil War. At Shiloh, he contracted tubercolosis and died in 1864 at the age of 25.
GeorgeWashingtonVanderbilt III (1914-1961) was a yachtsman and a scientific explorer who was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.
Vanderbilt's maternal grandfather, Isaac Edward Emerson, was a very wealthy businessman who made a fortune in a variety of business ventures including in patent medicines, the most notable of which was Bromo-Seltzer.
George W. Vamderbilt III was found dead in June 25, 1961, in San Francisco, California, infront of a skyscraper.