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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Crocker canonical | 10 |
Statements (47)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Crocker family