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Laura Spelman Rockefeller. Laura Celestia " Cettie " Spelman Rockefeller (September 9, 1839 – March 12, 1915) [1] was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, school teacher, and prominent member of the Rockefeller family. Her husband was Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Laura Spelman ...
- John D. Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) Age: 86 years, 3 months, 12 days. Spouse: Martha Baird Rockefeller (m. 1951–1960), Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (m.
- Edith Rockefeller McCormick (August 31, 1872 – August 25, 1932) Age: 59 years, 11 months, 25 days. Spouse: Harold Fowler McCormick. Children: John, Fowler, Muriel, Editha, Mathilde.
- Alta Rockefeller Prentice (April 12, 1871 – June 21, 1962) Age: 91 years, 2 months, 9 days. Spouse: Ezra Parmalee Prentice. Children: John Rockefeller Prentice.
- Alice Rockefeller (July 14, 1869 – August 15, 1870) Age: 1 year, 1 month, 1 day. Spouse: Not Applicable. Children: Not Applicable. Place of Burial: Lake View Cemetery, Ohio, United States.
John Davison Rockefeller Jr. was the fifth and youngest child of Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller Sr. and schoolteacher Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman. His four older sisters were Elizabeth (Bessie), Alice (who died an infant), Alta, and Edith.
May 9, 2024 · Laura Spelman Rockefeller (born September 9, 1839, Wadsworth, Ohio, U.S.—died March 12, 1915, Pocantico Hills, New York) was an American educator and philanthropist who was the wife of John D. Rockefeller of the famed Rockefeller family.
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The Rockefeller family (/ ˈ r ɒ k ə f ɛ l ər / ROCK-ə-fell-ər) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ...
*Laura Spelman Rockefeller was born on this date in 1839. She was a white-American abolitionist, philanthropist, and schoolteacher. Laura Celestia Spelman was born in Wadsworth, Ohio, to Puritan descendants Harvey Buell Spelman and Lucy Henry, Yankees who had moved to Ohio from Massachusetts. Her father was an abolitionist who was active in the Congregationalist Church, the Underground ...
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Apr 9, 2010 · The Rockefellers went on to have five children, four daughters (three of whom survived to adulthood) and one son: John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Elizabeth...
