Emily Thorn Vanderbilt

She was born in 1852 as the fifth child, and second daughter, of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896). Her paternal grandparents were Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) and his wife, Sophia Johnson (1795–1868).

She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women with an endowment of more than $1,000,000. The hospital is now part of NewYork-Presbyterian / Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and still in use today.

In 1885, she and her husband commissioned Peabody and Stearns to build Elm Court, the mammoth shingle-style 'cottage' in Lenox, Massachusetts.{{NRISref|2009a}}

In 1872, the twenty year old Vanderbilt was married to William Douglas Sloane (1844–1915).{{cite book |last1=Olmsted |first1=Frederick Law |last2=Beveridge |first2=Charles E. |title=The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Early Boston Years, 1882–1890 |date=2013 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=9781421409269 |page=546 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UTHSAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA546 |access-date=17 July 2018 |language=en}} Sloane was the brother of Henry T. Sloane of the carpet firm W. & J. Sloane, and together, Emily and William became the parents of three daughters and two sons, including:{{cite news |title=William D. Sloane Dies In Aiken, S. C.; New York Merchant and Financier Expires After a Short Illness, at 71. A Trustee Of Columbia. Endowed with His Wife the Sloane Hospital for Women. A Benefactor of Yale |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1915/03/20/archives/william-d-sloane-dies-in-aiken-s-c-new-york-merchant-and-financier.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 20, 1915 }}

• Florence Adele Sloane (1873–1960), wife of James Abercrombie Burden Jr. and of Richard Montgomery Tobin.
• Emily Vanderbilt Sloane (1874–1970), who married lawyer John Henry Hammond III.
• Lila Vanderbilt Sloane (1878–1934),{{cite news|title=LILA V. SLOANE HONORED; Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Sloane Give a Cotillion at Their Home. G. CREIGHTON WEBB LEADS The First Time Mrs. Sloane Has Bidden Guests to an Important Function Since the Death of Her Mother, Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B05E6D61E3DE433A25756C1A9649C94699ED7CF&legacy=true|access-date=25 July 2017|work=The New York Times|date=15 February 1898}} wife of William Bradhurst Osgood Field.
• William Douglas Sloane (1883–1884)
• Malcolm Douglas Vanderbilt Sloane (1885–1924), who married Elinor Lee.

The family lived at the Vanderbilt Triple Palace on Fifth Avenue in New York City.

In 1920, after Sloane's death, she married Henry White (1850–1927), American Ambassador to France and Italy, and a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles.{{cite news|title=HENRY WHITE WEDS MRS. WM.D. SLOANE; Ex-Ambassador to France Is 70 and Daughter of Late Wm. H. Vanderbilt Is 68. RELATIVES ONLY AT NUPTIAL Ceremony in St. Bartholomew's Chapel Follows Issuing of License --Couple at Bride's City Home.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/11/04/archives/henry-white-weds-mrs-wmd-sloane-exambassador-to-france-is-70-and.html|access-date=21 July 2017|work=The New York Times|date=4 November 1920}}{{cite news|title=VANDERBILTS GIVE UP ANOTHER 5TH AV. SITE; Mrs. White's $3,500,000 Sale Leaves Family Only Two of Original Seven Homes. BENJAMIN WINTER BUYER Latest of Series of Big Deals by Him -- Only $700,000 Cash in One for $9,200,000. VANDERBILTS GIVE UP ANOTHER 5TH AV. SITE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/01/09/archives/vanderbilts-give-up-another-5th-av-site-mrs-whites-3500000-sale.html|access-date=21 July 2017|work=The New York Times|date=9 January 1926}}

She died on July 28, 1946, in Lenox, Massachusetts.{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=MRS. HENRY WHITE DIES IN LENOX AT 94; Daughter of W.H. Vanderbilt, Widow of Envoy to Paris, Gave Sloane Hospital|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/07/29/archives/mrs-henry-white-dies-in-lenox-at-94-daughter-of-wh-vanderbilt-widow.html|access-date=21 July 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 July 1946}}

Emily Thorn Vanderbilt Sloane White's grandchildren include Adele Hammond, paternal grandmother of actor Timothy Olyphant, Alice Frances Hammond, wife of jazz musician Benny Goodman, Rachel Hammond, cattle breeder, and wife of Manley D. Breck, and John Henry Hammond II, talent scout.

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{{Tree chart | | | | CV |-|v|-| SJ | | CV=Cornelius Vanderbilt
1794–1877|SJ=Sophia Johnson
1795–1868}}

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{{Tree chart | | | MLK |v| WHV | |EAV|-|WKT| MLK=Maria Louisa Kissam
1821–1896|WHV=William Henry Vanderbilt
1821–1885|EAV=Emily Almira Vanderbilt
1823–1896|WKT=William Knapp Thorn
1807–1887}}

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{{Tree chart | WDS |v| ETV |-| HW | | | WDS=William Douglas Sloane
1844–1915|ETV=Emily Thorn Vanderbilt
1852–1946|HW=Henry White
1850–1927}}

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{{Tree chart | FAVS | | LVS | | EVS |v|JHH| FAVS=Florence Adele Sloane
1873–1960|EVS=Emily Vanderbilt Sloane
1874–1970|LVS=Lila Sloane
1879–1934|JHH=John Henry Hammond
1871–1949}}

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{{Tree chart | | | ASH |-| JKO | | AFH |-| BG | | RH | | JHH | |ASH=Adele Sloane Hammond
1902-1998|JKO=John Kensett Olyphant, Jr.
1895-1973|AFH=Alice Frances Hammond
1905–1978|BG=Benny Goodman
1909–1986|RH=Rachel Hammond
1908–2007|JHH=John Henry Hammond II
1910–1987}}

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