Charles Crocker

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Charles Crocker was a 19th-century American railroad executive and industrialist best known as one of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad and helped create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.

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Charles Crocker canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
human
industrialist
railroad executive
burialPlace Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
businessPartner Collis P. Huntington
Leland Stanford
Mark Hopkins
surface form: Mark Hopkins Jr.
causeOfDeath Bright's disease
child George Crocker
Harriet Crocker Alexander
Edwin B. Crocker
surface form: William Henry Crocker
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1822-09-16
dateOfDeath 1888-08-14
employer Central Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
era 19th century
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Crocker
founded Crocker National Bank
surface form: Crocker Bank
givenName Charles
industry banking
rail transport
knownFor use of Chinese labor in railroad construction
livedIn California, United States
surface form: California

New York
surface form: New York (state)
memberOf Central Pacific Railroad
surface form: Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)
name Charles Crocker self-link
nativeLanguage English
notableFor being one of the Big Four who built the Central Pacific Railroad
role in development of the American West
notableWork construction of the Central Pacific Railroad
participation in building the First Transcontinental Railroad
occupation banker
industrialist
railroad executive
placeOfBirth Troy, New York
placeOfDeath Monterey
surface form: Monterey, California
positionHeld executive of Central Pacific Railroad
executive of Southern Pacific Railroad
religion Methodism
residence Sacramento
surface form: Sacramento, California

San Francisco, California, United States of America
surface form: San Francisco, California
sexOrGender male
sibling Edwin B. Crocker
spouse Mary Ann Deming

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the Crocker family hasNotableMember Charles Crocker
subject surface form: Crocker family
Southern Pacific Railroad formedBy Charles Crocker
Edwin B. Crocker sibling Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker name Charles Crocker self-link
Central Pacific Railroad foundedBy Charles Crocker
Collis P. Huntington businessPartner Charles Crocker
Crocker hasNotableBearer Charles Crocker
SP formedBy Charles Crocker
subject surface form: Southern Pacific Railroad
Mark Hopkins businessPartner Charles Crocker