The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Astor, John Jacob, 18641912, American financier
18641912, American financier, b. Rhinebeck, N. Y.; son of William Backhouse Astor (182992). He served in the Spanish-American War. Drowned in the Titanic disaster, he left two sons, Vincent, the son of his first marriage, and John Jacob Astor, fifth of the name in America, the son of his second marriage.