onetime brother-in-law of the late Colonel John Jacob Astor; of asthma; at his estate, Red House, near Hyde Park, N. Y. Died. Hudson Maxim, 74, famed inventor; from anemia and gastric ulcers ...

Bess Truman had some more ladies in to the White House—this time right into the kitchen. Out went the servants, and into aprons went the First Lady and friends. Occasion: luncheon for 70 ...

John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, perished in the disaster while his pregnant wife, Madeleine, survived. The couple's significant age difference and Astor's recent ...

John Jacob Astor. During the trip she received word that her eldest grandchild, Lawrence Palmer Brown Jr. had fallen ill and so she sought travel back to the States; the next available ship was ...

the western branch of John Jacob Astor’s former American Fur Company. The St. Peters, a 119-ton side-wheeler, docked at FortClark on June 19 and unloaded trade goods and Indian provisions.

A part of the 12,000 acre estate The Astor family today is well known as one of the world’s most prominent business and political dynasties. With ancestral roots in Italy, the Astors first made their ...