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Holland Lodge #8, New York City<\/a>, New York<\/p>\n Grand Treasurer for the Grand Lodge of New York.<\/a><\/p>\n German\u2013American businessman, merchant, fur trader, and investor who was the first prominent member of the Astor family<\/a> and the first multi-millionaire in the United States. He was the creator of the first trust in the United States.<\/p>\n John Jacob Astor IV<\/a>, his Great Grandson was lost on the Titanic in April 1912.<\/p>\n John Jacob Astor Wikipedia Page<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/eb1870.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/famous-mason-john-astor-1.png” alt=”Famous Freemason john Jacob Astor” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
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