Births

May births

• May 27 Cornelius Vanderbilt, American financier who created the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad from the merger of several smaller railroads in New York (d. 1877).

October births

• October 22 Edward Bury, English steam locomotive builder (d. 1858).

December births

• December 14 Erastus Corning, established railroads in New York and was instrumental in the formation of New York Central (d. 1872).

Unknown date births

• Jasper Grosvenor, American financier who partnered with Thomas Rogers and Morris Ketchum to form Rogers, Ketchum and Grosvenor (d. 1857).

References

• (October 30, 2004), Edward Bury. Retrieved February 9, 2005.