John Jacob Astor IV

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  • Birth

    John Jacob Astor IV was born to Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor and William Backhouse Astor, Jr.

  • married to Ava Lowle Willing

  • Vincent Astor; son of Ava and John Jacobs Astor was born

  • wrote Journey in Other Worlds

  • Period: to

    on the staff of Governor Levi P. Morton

  • built Astoria section of Waldorf- Astoria hotel

  • patented the bicycle brake

  • lieutenant colonel in the Spanish American war

  • Ava Astor; daughter of Ava and John Astor was born

  • divorced Ava Lowle Willing

  • married Madeleine Talmage Force

  • died on Titanic