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Learn about the life and business of William Rockefeller Sr., the father of Standard Oil co-founders John D. Rockefeller Sr. and William A. Rockefeller Jr. He was a con artist, salesman, and land speculator who went by the alias of Dr. William Levingston.
Jun 14, 2019 · William Avery Rockefeller, the father of the oil tycoon, was a notorious fraud who posed as a doctor and exploited others for money. He was also accused of rape, horse theft and bigamy, and his son John D. tried to hide his shady past from the public.
One of the first members of the Rockefeller family in New York was businessman William A. Rockefeller Sr., who was born to a Protestant family in Granger, New York.
William Rockefeller Jr. was a co-founder of Standard Oil and a part owner of Anaconda Copper. He was the son of William Avery Rockefeller Sr., a con artist and a member of the Rockefeller family.
May 16, 2020 · Eliza Davison and the con artist William Avery Rockefeller gave birth to a son, John D. Rockefeller, who would become a scion of American industry and one of the wealthiest men to ever wheel and...
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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.
Learn about the mysterious "Dr. Livingstone" who was the father of John D. Rockefeller, the oil tycoon. Find out how he used a pseudonym, a quack medicine and a son-in-law to hide his identity in North Dakota.
