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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. He had six children with his first wife Eliza Davison, a daughter of a Scots-Irish farmer, [4] the most prominent of which were oil tycoons John D. Rockefeller and William A ...
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.
Apr 3, 2024 · William Rockefeller was an American industrialist and financier, a member of the famed Rockefeller family, and known in conjunction with his older brother, John D. Rockefeller, for his role in the establishment and growth of the Standard Oil Company.
Mar 28, 2024 · Updated: Mar. 28, 2024. Open full sized image. John D. Rockefeller (left) walking with his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., about 1915. Rockefeller, Sr., was an American industrialist and philanthropist and founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust.
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.'s, father, Bill Rockefeller, dies at age 96. President Roosevelt's attacks on Rockefeller and Standard Oil escalate. Rockefeller is singled out as one of the...
Father-Son Correspondence. John D. Rockefeller Sr. and Jr. Rockefeller Archives. Until the 1970s, when they became the focus of a controversial book, the family dynamics of the Rockefeller dynasty ...
May 16, 2020 · The seeds of “Devil Bill,” the nickname William Avery Rockefeller would rightfully earn, were planted in his earliest days. Born in 1810, young Bill was a wanderer from the start, known for ...
