Brother John Jacob Astor
July 17th 1763 – March 29th 1848
Member of:
Holland Lodge #8, New York City, New York
Grand Treasurer for the Grand Lodge of New York.
German–American businessman, merchant, fur trader, and investor who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. He was the creator of the first trust in the United States.
John Jacob Astor IV, his Great Grandson was lost on the Titanic in April 1912.
