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Arabella Huntington
Arabella Duval Huntington (née Yarrington; c. 1850/1851 – September 16, 1924) was an American philanthropist and once known as the richest woman in the country, as a result of inheritances she received upon the deaths of her husbands. She was the force behind the art collection that is housed at the Huntington Library in California.
She was the second wife of Collis P. Huntington, an American railway tycoon and industrialist. After his death, she married his nephew, Henry E. Huntington, also a railway magnate, and founder of the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California.
Information about her early life is scarce. She was born Arabella Duval Yarrington, in 1850 or 1851, probably in Richmond, Virginia (see Wark, p. 312). For the 1921 passenger list for the ship Aquitania, sailing from Cherbourg to New York, Arabella Huntington said she was born in Mobile, Alabama, on February 9, 1851. During her second marriage, in 1913 in Paris, she said she was born in Union Springs, Alabama, on June 1, 1857.
She moved north with a Mr. Worsham, also of Virginia, said to be married with children. He died, shortly after they were married, leaving her with their young son, Archer, who was born about 1870. (Some sources have suggested that the pair were never married and that she was Worsham's mistress). In 1877, she purchased some property in New York, which was later sold to John D. Rockefeller.
In New York, she worked to care for the ailing wife of Collis P. Huntington, a wealthy industrialist and railway magnate whom she may have met in Richmond. Collis Huntington's wife died, in 1884, in New York. He married Arabella, that year, in San Francisco, California.
After they married, Collis Huntington legally adopted Archer, who, by then, was 14 years old. (It has been suggested that Collis was Archer's biological father.).
When Collis Huntington died, in 1900, both Arabella and Archer inherited money from him. She is said to have inherited more than $50 million.
In 1913, she married Henry E. Huntington, a nephew of her late husband, who was also a railway magnate and influential in the Los Angeles area. She was his second wife. The couple were together, until her death in 1924. Both are buried on the grounds of the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California.
Arabella Huntington
Arabella Duval Huntington (née Yarrington; c. 1850/1851 – September 16, 1924) was an American philanthropist and once known as the richest woman in the country, as a result of inheritances she received upon the deaths of her husbands. She was the force behind the art collection that is housed at the Huntington Library in California.
She was the second wife of Collis P. Huntington, an American railway tycoon and industrialist. After his death, she married his nephew, Henry E. Huntington, also a railway magnate, and founder of the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California.
Information about her early life is scarce. She was born Arabella Duval Yarrington, in 1850 or 1851, probably in Richmond, Virginia (see Wark, p. 312). For the 1921 passenger list for the ship Aquitania, sailing from Cherbourg to New York, Arabella Huntington said she was born in Mobile, Alabama, on February 9, 1851. During her second marriage, in 1913 in Paris, she said she was born in Union Springs, Alabama, on June 1, 1857.
She moved north with a Mr. Worsham, also of Virginia, said to be married with children. He died, shortly after they were married, leaving her with their young son, Archer, who was born about 1870. (Some sources have suggested that the pair were never married and that she was Worsham's mistress). In 1877, she purchased some property in New York, which was later sold to John D. Rockefeller.
In New York, she worked to care for the ailing wife of Collis P. Huntington, a wealthy industrialist and railway magnate whom she may have met in Richmond. Collis Huntington's wife died, in 1884, in New York. He married Arabella, that year, in San Francisco, California.
After they married, Collis Huntington legally adopted Archer, who, by then, was 14 years old. (It has been suggested that Collis was Archer's biological father.).
When Collis Huntington died, in 1900, both Arabella and Archer inherited money from him. She is said to have inherited more than $50 million.
In 1913, she married Henry E. Huntington, a nephew of her late husband, who was also a railway magnate and influential in the Los Angeles area. She was his second wife. The couple were together, until her death in 1924. Both are buried on the grounds of the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, California.
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