A Classification of American Wealth : History and genealogy of the wealthy families of America

A Classification of American Wealth
History and genealogy of the wealthy families of America - Sponsors

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Encyclopaedia of American Wealth [ New Features ]
Encyclopedia of American Wealth is the dynamic module of A Classification of American Wealth which allows you to search and analyze the history and genealogy of the wealthy families of America in a structured way, according your needs and interests.	In this section you will find wealth classification lists for the different periods covered by A Classification of American Wealth as well as profiles, both for individuals and families, with the possibility to order the information according to several criteria.

Lists of Individuals :
The basic lists of wealth classification used in this work concern the wealthy individuals and contain their names, age, residence, activity and source of wealth as well as estimated fortune at the time of listing. The lists can be displayed according the different keys in the headers :

Thematic lists :
   CEOs (2008)
   Oil Barons (1949)
   Automobile Tycoons (1919)
   Retailers - Merchant Princes (1910)
   U.S. Steel Masters (1901)
   Public Utilities Tycoons (1899)
   Railroad Tycoons (1885)
   Plantation Owners Slaveholders(1860)

  Wealthy Americans in Politics :
The following lists illustrate an aspect of the close interaction between wealth and politics, as they show the numerous rich people who pursued a political career or accepted a public office :

   Wealthy US Presidents
Wealthy candidates to the US presidency
Wealthy Vice Presidents of the U.S.A
Wealthy US cabinet members
   Wealthy United States Senators
   Wealthy US State Governors
   more lists will follow

Historical Lists :
As a reference, we have integrated some well known historical lists into our data, including some comments of the author :
"America's Sixty Families (1924)"
(inspired by Ferdinand Lundberg)
"The Wealthiest Families of the USA (1920)"
(inspired by Henry H. Klein)
Wealth Classification / Forbes List : 1918
" The Pujo List - Money Trust (1912) "
� Detroit millionaires in 1892 �
( Extract from the Tribune List of American Millionaires in 1892 )
Social Classification /Mrs Astor's 400 : 1891
Wealth Classification / Forum List : 1889
The Rich Men of Massachusetts : 1851
The Wealthy Citizens of New York : 1845
Virginia's wealthy One Hundred : 1782
The Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Profiles of wealthy Americans :
Our profiles of wealthy individuals contain information about their activities, source(s) of wealth, parents and children, fortune and a biographical sketch. The following listing of available profiles follows the surname key
   [ Ames - Cutting ]
   [ Derby - Huntington ]
   [ James - Morris ]
   [ Peabody - Yates ]

Database list of individuals : Ab . An . Ba . Bi . Br . Ca . Ci . Cu . Da . Di . Du . E - Fa . Fe . Ga . Gl . Ha . He . Ho . I - J . K . La . Li . Ll . Ma . Me . N - O - Q . Pa . Ph . Ra . Ri . Sa . Se . St . T . U - V . Wa .Wh . X - Y - Z

Profiles of wealthy American families :
Our profiles of wealthy families include information about founder and origin, main activity and source of wealth, a biographical sketch and a family tree, with links to individual profiles, where available.
      The Ames family of Boston, Massachusetts
      The Astor family of New York City, New York
      The Belmont family of New York City, New York
      The Brown family of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and London, USA and England
      The Brown-Ives family of Providence, Rhode Island
      The Carter family of Lancaster county, Virginia
      The Coleman family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
      The Dodge family of Detroit, Michigan
      The Drexel family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
      The Du Pont de Nemours family of Wilmington, Delaware
      The Fisher family of Detroit, Michigan
      The Flagler-Harkness family of Cleveland, Ohio
      The Ford family of Dearborn and Grosse Pointe, Michigan
      The Goelet family of New York City, New York
      The Gould family of New York City, New York
      The Griswold family of New York City, New York
      The Guggenheim family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
      The Hairston family of Henry County, Virginia
      The Harriman family of New York City, New York
      The Kuhn-Loeb family of New York City, New York
      The Livingston family of Livingston Manor, New York
      The Mills family of San Francisco, Ca. and New York City, New York
      The Morgan family of New York City, New York
      The Morris family of Morrisania, New York
      The Payne-Whitney family of Cleveland, Ohio and Long Island, New York
      The Perkins family of Boston, Massachusetts
      The Phelps-Dodge family of New York City, New York
      The Philipse family of Westchester County, New York
      The Pratt family of Brooklyn and Glen Cove L.I., New York
      The Rockefeller family of Cleveland, Ohio and New York City, New York
      The Seligman family of New York, London, Paris and Frankfurt,
      The Stuyvesant family of New York City, New York
      The Van Rensselaer family of Rensselaerswyck, New York
      The Vanderbilt family of New York City, New York

As with the text section of A Classification of American Wealth, Encyclopedia of American Wealth is being developed and put online gradually. The content of the Encyclopedia section roughly follows the text version and is continuously updated as additional information is being processed by the author. New names in the lists and updated figures reflect the ongoing process of analysis of the subject and the elaboration of individual and family profiles goes on until every significant business leader or family will be thouroughly covered.

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Disclaimer notice from the author :
History and genealogy is by far no exact science. Specially in this case of wealth classification, where in many cases only partial and sometimes flawed data is available. The author has tried to gather as much information as possible on the individuals and families covered in this work. Information was generally cross-checked in different sources. A list of sources is contained in the General Bibliography and Links section of A Classification of American Wealth, for information and further research. It is still possible, that information contained herein is not accurate or even wrong, notably as to the estimates of individual fortunes and family estates. These estimates are based on general information available to the author, where significant details (eg the extent of debts, the precise value of specific land tracts) are generally not available. Therefore all information contained in this work must not be considered as final, but needs further research if your concern is other than simple curiosity or a general interest in the subject. This recommendation is especially directed to history students, who may use this information for their academic work.