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Apr 22, 1999 · TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Mary Clark Rockefeller, who was prominent in the education of nurses and was New York State's First Lady when she ...
He was born in Tarrytown, a son of William G. and Elsie Stillman Rockefeller. In addition to his wife, the former Betty von Soosten, he is survived by two sons, William of Rye and Frederick Lincoln of Westfield, Mass.; a daughter, Mrs. Elsie McMillan [sic] of Madison, Wis.; three brothers, Godrey S., J. Stillman. and Sterling, all of Greenwich ...
Jul 6, 2024 · Winthrop Rockefeller (born May 1, 1912, New York City—died Feb. 22, 1973, Palm Springs, Calif., U.S.) was an American politician and philanthropist and a member of the famed Rockefeller family. He was the second youngest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. He left college in 1934 and did various kinds of work for the Rockefeller ...
Rockefeller, Jr. was the fifth and last child of John D. Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) and his wife, Laura Celestia Spelman. Living in his father's mansion at 4 West 54th Street he attended Park Avenue Baptist Church at 64th Street (now Central Presbyterian Church), and the Browning School, a tutorial establishment set up for him and other children of associates of the family; it ...
William Avery " Devil Bill " Rockefeller Sr. (November 13, 1810 – May 11, 1906) was an American businessman, lumberman, herbalist, salesman, and con artist who went by the alias of Dr. William Levingston. He worked as a lumberman and then a traveling salesman who identified himself as a "botanic physician" and sold elixirs.
On December 13, 1854, he married Esther Judson Goodsell (1828–1908) in Fairfield. Her younger sister, Almira Geraldine Goodsell, was the wife of Standard Oil co-founder William Rockefeller, Jr. Together, Oliver and Esther had five children: Annie Burr Jennings (1855–1939), a philanthropist.
Apr 2, 2014 · John and Abby would go on to have six children together: a daughter, Abby (later known as Abby Rockefeller Mauzé), and five sons, John D. Rockefeller III, Nelson Rockefeller, Laurance Rockefeller ...
