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Frank Rockefeller refused to speak to his brothers John and William Jr. until his death, despite William attempting reconciliation in the summer of 1916. Frank said later that year "There's not the slightest possibility of a reconciliation." Frank died the following year. His funeral was held on April 17, 1917, at the home of Mrs. Walter S. Bowler.
- Business executive
- April 17, 1917 (aged 71), Cleveland, Ohio
- Franklin Rockefeller, August 8, 1845, Moravia, New York
- William Avery "Bill" Rockefeller (1810–1906) and Eliza Davison (1813–1889)
When Frank died, all his grieving older brother could do was shake his head and say: “Poor Frank. I held him in my arms when he was a baby.” William Avery Rockefeller, father of the clan, never figured importantly in the civic or social life of Cleveland- probably because excursions out West to sell his patent medicines took him away from ...
Jun 11, 2014 · The Rockefeller family was a complicated one from the beginning—father Bill Rockefeller was, at best, a glorified con man. But the relationship between the Rockefeller brothers was just as turbulent. As detailed in the massive Rockefeller biography Titan, Frank was always boisterous and wild (and John D. was always cautious and calculating ...
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 ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 15.--Frank Rockefeller, youngest brother of John D. Rockefeller, died today in his apartments at a local hotel from a stroke of paralysis and a blood clot on the brain, as a ...
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On this day across the bay in 1896, Alexander McDougall’s American Barge Company launched the Frank Rockefeller, a 366-foot long, 45-foot wide whaleback ore carrier made of 1,500 tons of steel. It was designed to carry 4,000 tons of cargo—about 137,000 bushels of wheat.
A mystery in Mr. Rockefeller's private life which he never cleared up publicly concerned his attitude toward his father and his brother Frank. Frank Rockefeller cast in his fortunes with his brothers, John and William, in their early oil ventures, and became wealthy as Vice President of the original Standard Oil Company.
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