August Belmont Jr. (1853 - 1924)

Born 18 Feb 1853 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Bessie Hamilton (Morgan) Belmont — married 29 Nov 1881 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Died 10 Dec 1924 at age 71 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

August Belmont was an American financier, responsible for the construction of the original New York City subway and construction of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, which opened in 1914. Belmont bought the land for and built New York's Belmont Park racetrack—named for his father—and was a major owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He served as chairman of the board of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, director of the Southern Pacific Co., parent of the railroad, and National Park Bank'^[1]

August was born in 1853. He is the son of August Belmont and Caroline Perry.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Belmont_Jr.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWB-CFH : 4 October 2017), August Belmont in entry for August Belmont, 1860.

"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CJ-WKGB : 22 July 2021), Caroline Slidell Perry in entry for August Belmont and Bessie Hamilton Morgan, 29 Nov 1881; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,671,681.

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24MW-X2V : 20 March 2015), August Belmont in entry for August Belmont, 10 Dec 1924; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,031,870.